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Barbara Allen

Barbara Allen. By: Brandy Bing. About the Author. Folk Ballad No author is known. Handed down by mouth and was an oral tradition. Genre of the Poem. Barbara Allen is Folk Ballad. Interpretation of the Poem.

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Barbara Allen

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  1. Barbara Allen By: Brandy Bing

  2. About the Author • Folk Ballad • No author is known. • Handed down by mouth and was an oral tradition.

  3. Genre of the Poem • Barbara Allen is Folk Ballad.

  4. Interpretation of the Poem • Sir John Graeme falls in love with Barbara Allan. He is on his deathbed. When Barbara comes to visit him, she reminds him that he cheated on her with other women at a local tavern. He dies, and then she feels guilty, so she asks her mother to prepare her deathbed for her following day.

  5. Theme • Don’t take love for granted, or it might not be there when it is wanted.

  6. Defining Difficult Words • Martinmas- November 11 • Gin- if • Rase- rose • Sal- shall • Dinna ye mind- don’t you remember • Adieu- goodbye • Reft- deprived • Gane- gone • Dead-bell- a church bell rung to announce a person’s death • Jow- stroke

  7. Allusions • It mentions that Sir John Graeme is the one who falls in love with Barbara Allan. • Since it was written so long ago, it doesn’t mention references to famous people or places.

  8. A More Modern Translation • “Oh haste and come to my master dear” means Hurry up and come • “When she drew the curtain by” means that she pulled it back. • “And death was with him dealing” means death was dealing with him. • “Death of life had refthim” means death had taken life away from him

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