Thomas Campbell, Lord Ullin's Daughter
Thomas Campbell, Lord Ullin's Daughter
Thomas Campbell, Lord Ullin's Daughter
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<strong>Lord</strong> Ullin’s <strong>Daughter</strong><br />
NOTEBOOK<br />
Fill in the gaps in the texts by using the words provided.<br />
In More Detail<br />
<strong>Lord</strong> Ullin’s <strong>Daughter</strong> is a literary<br />
ballad, that is to say it is part of the<br />
couple<br />
forgive<br />
body of ballads that were not of the graphic<br />
Isle of Mull<br />
oral tradition, but which were (1)<br />
killed<br />
down in the 18th and 19th centuries.<br />
lamenting<br />
Its author is known to be <strong>Thomas</strong><br />
<strong>Campbell</strong> and it was inspired by a trip<br />
loch<br />
love<br />
<strong>Campbell</strong> made to the (2) in quatrains<br />
1795. The ballad was then revised and repetition<br />
sink<br />
finally published in 1809.<br />
storm<br />
Its tragic story tells of a young (3)<br />
three<br />
who are running away to marry in the<br />
Highlands. The girl’s father, <strong>Lord</strong> Ullin,<br />
trimeter<br />
written<br />
has been in pursuit of them for<br />
(4) days. The couple are sure that,<br />
if they are caught, the young chieftan will be<br />
(5) by the <strong>Lord</strong> and his men. Despite the<br />
terrible weather, the young couple ask a boatman<br />
to take them across the (6) . The boatman<br />
agrees to go, against his better judgement.<br />
As the boat leaves the shore in a terrible (7) ,<br />
<strong>Lord</strong> Ullin arrives, only to see the boat<br />
his daughter and her lover die by drowning.<br />
<strong>Lord</strong> Ullin calls out that he will<br />
them<br />
and<br />
if they return to shore but it is already too late.<br />
The poem has many typical aspects of the<br />
traditional ballad. It is in<br />
alternating lines of tetrameter and<br />
with<br />
and<br />
an abab rhyme scheme. It is regular and musical,<br />
the musicality being reinforced by (12) .<br />
Its language makes use of both narration and<br />
dialogue, it is simple,<br />
and dramatic and<br />
makes frequent use of exclamations to add to its<br />
drama. The story, which deals with the theme of<br />
(14)<br />
(13)<br />
(10)<br />
and death, has a very tragic ending in which<br />
we see the repentant father<br />
of his beloved daughter.<br />
(15)<br />
(9)<br />
(11)<br />
(8)<br />
the loss<br />
Section 3 In More Detail Learning about Poetry (ballad)<br />
<strong>Thomas</strong> <strong>Campbell</strong>, <strong>Lord</strong> Ullin’s <strong>Daughter</strong> 6