Tales Fom Scottish History in Prose And Verse. Selected From the Works of Standard Authors
Tales Fom Scottish History in Prose And Verse. Selected From the Works of Standard Authors
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Critics do not agree as to the event upon which this ballad is founded; but it was probably the expedition sent in 1281 to carry Margaret, daughter of Alexander III. of Scotland, to Norway as the bride of King Eric of that country. As an old historian relates, she, - "leaving Scotland, on the last day of July, was conveyed thither, in noble style, in company with many knights and nobles. In return- ing home, after the celebration of her nupti...als, the Ab^ot of Bal- SIR PATRICK SPENS. 167 merinoch, Bernard of Monte-Alto, and many other persons were drowned." The poem is composed in what is called *' ballad measure," be- cause it is the most common metrical form for these did popular songs. The stanza is made up of alternate lines of eight and six syllables each, with the accents on the even syllables ; bat, as will be seen, there are frequent variations both in the number of syllables and in the place of the accent Verse with the accent on the even syllables is called iambic, being regarded as made up oi iambuses (or iambi, if we use the Latin plu- ral) ; an iambus being a combination of two syllables, with the accent on the second.
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Critics do not agree as to the event upon which this ballad is founded; but it was probably the expedition sent in 1281 to carry Margaret, daughter of Alexander III. of Scotland, to Norway as the bride of King Eric of that country. As an old historian relates, she, - "leaving Scotland, on the last day of July, was conveyed thither, in noble style, in company with many knights and nobles. In return- ing home, after the celebration of her nupti...als, the Ab^ot of Bal- SIR PATRICK SPENS. 167 merinoch, Bernard of Monte-Alto, and many other persons were drowned." The poem is composed in what is called *' ballad measure," be- cause it is the most common metrical form for these did popular songs. The stanza is made up of alternate lines of eight and six syllables each, with the accents on the even syllables ; bat, as will be seen, there are frequent variations both in the number of syllables and in the place of the accent Verse with the accent on the even syllables is called iambic, being regarded as made up oi iambuses (or iambi, if we use the Latin plu- ral) ; an iambus being a combination of two syllables, with the accent on the second.
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