Sacrificed Her Youth

Remember the last post? It was about the poem The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington? No? Click here! So I only listed down the meaning of the poem and glossary of difficult words. Oh, here's the poem:


In this post, I will discuss the language and style, as well as the main theme(s) that can be gained from the poem.


1. Language and Style

• uses ye 'olde English language: bailiff, esquire, puggish
  
• rhyme scheme : abcb (for most stanzas)
• 12 stanzas
  
• narrative of the story
• meaning is quite direct and clear
• a sense of irony when she told him that she was dead

2. Main Theme(s)

The poem basically revolves around LOVE; Love knows no bounds, Love grows with time and Sacrifices done for Love.

• love knows no bounds - the esquire's son, (despite his father only being a candidate of knighthood) falls in love with the governor's (bailiff's) daughter - and she falls in love with him too.
• love grows with time - even after SEVEN years of being apart due to him being sent for apprenticeship, both of them are still deeply in love with each other and are convinced that they are their true love.
• sacrifices done for love - she gave up her youth - 'sport and play' - to search for him in disguise of a beggar. he told her that if she was dead, he would give away his horse and go to foreign lands.
  

Well, that's all for this post (and maybe this blog).
Hope you were enlightened by this post and enjoyed both posts on the poem :)

I found the poem HERE.
The previous post can be found HERE.

Toodles ;)

And is ready to be thy bride

Hello readers!

The following is a poem that I find somewhat sweet. It's an old poem, so be wary of the language used :)

click image to see larger version of poem :D

Meaning of poem:

• A esquire's son fell in love with a bailiff's daughter
• She would not believe him in love
• His family had him apprenticed for seven years
  
• He believed that she did not think of him the whole time
• The women of Islington went out to the meadows to play
• The bailiff's daughter disguised herself and went toward London
• She met her true love and begged a coin from him
• He asked about 'the bailiff's daughter of Islington'
• She claimed that she was dead
• He said that he would give away his horse and go to foreign lands
• She tells him that she is alive and in fact, the woman speaking to him
• She announces that is ready to be his bride

Glossary

1. bailiff : governor or custodian (similar to sheriff)
   
2. esquire : a candidate for knighthood
3. coy : affectedly modest or shy (especially in a playful or provocative way)
4. countenance : the appearance conveyed by a person's face
5. puggish : messy, old-looking
   
6. bridle : headgear for a horse
7. prithee : pray thee (somewhat like 'pray, tell')

I will continue the analysis of this poem in the next post :D

References:
Poem
Definitions

Identification

Hi. So do you know how to identify the moral values of literary works?

Ahh. This time I'm going to teach you a few SIMPLE ways of identifying the moral values of a story.


1. Theme(s)

Yes, once you've identified the theme(s), it will be easy to identify the moral values.

EXAMPLE?
Theme: courage and determination bring success
Moral Value(s): 1. Be courageous in order to succeed (and/or) 2. Be determined to succeed

See? Simple enough, right? :D


2. Characteristic(s) of Character(s)

Oh I'm sure you guys can already figure this one out, right? hihi

EXAMPLE?
Character: Black Beauty
Characteristic: Loving towards mother, friends and owners
Moral value: Love your family and friends

3. Significant Event(s)

This actually works vice versa, in which you can find moral values in most significant events. On the other hand, you can also identify significant events from the moral values that it contains.

EXAMPLE?
Significant Event: Fire which James saves Black Beauty and Ginger from
Moral Value: Bravery can save lives



I hope you understand my very short guide. On the most part, this information is from me :) Hopefully if you have any other inquiries, feel free to comment :D

Image from Google Images

Acquire?

Hi readers.

Do you like learning different languages? What about the second language? I'm sure for most of the readers of this blog, English is your second language. So do you know the stages of acquiring a second language? Basically there are three stages in which you firstly go through the Native Language Effect, Interlanguage and also Communicative Competence.


1. Native Language Effect

- vital aspect of acquisition of a new language
- learner assumes that the 2nd language operates similarly to the 1st language
- can also facilitate the learning of a 2nd language - some structures of 1st language and 2nd language are similar

~This is basically when people do direct translation


2. Interlanguage

- systemic developmental process
- stage right before competence
- utilizes feedback from others

~ This is the stage which people catch on to the 2nd language, but have only grasped the basic conversational and contextual part, yet not much of the grammar and structure.


3. Communicative Competence

- able to display grammatical, pragmatic, strategic and psychomotor (pronunciation) competence
- best achieved by focusing on language use
- allow students to use language in unrehearsed context

~ In this stage, communication flows well and language is more structured - misunderstandings rarely occur



Hopefully now you know where you are in learning a second language. Fret not if you feel incompetent, there's always room for improvement :)

Reference:
Teaching by Principles - Douglas Brown