A S L 3 Lecture 28:
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Week 1: sir patrick spens, anonymous, 13th century, ballad (but not extreme violence or ordinary folk, there is a conflict between social ranks). 11 stanzas of 4 lines (2nd and 4th line rhyme: the scottish king is looking for the best sailor to retrieve his daughter. He is honoured but slightly dismayed because the voyage is so dangerous. They end up on the bottom of the sea, sir patrick has the noblemen at his feet: because i could not stop for death, emily dickinson, ca. 1863: poem, 6 stanzas of 4 lines, death is personificated and goes on a journey with the narrator. The women find out that mrs. wright (minnie foster) killed her husband as revenge for him killing her bird. They hide the evidence because they empathize with and understand her. Characters: sheriff peters, the attorney, mr. hale, mrs. hale and. Mrs. peters: the yellow wallpaper, charlotte perkins gilman, 1892, short story.
