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AN EXPLICATION OF“BONNY BARBARA ALLAN”Suzy Lolley
ABOUT THE AUTHORThis poem was written anonymously in Scotlandin the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries. It was sung throughout the generations as partof the oral tradition of the English language.
GENRE OF POEMThis poem is a folk ballad, meaning that itrhymes and it was sung or recited. It discusses unrequited love, which is one of thefour common topics of these types of ballads. It is also identifiable as a ballad because of itslack of emotion at the dying speaker’s bedside,the focus on dialogue between the two lovers,and the fact that it is about a single incident.Further, it has a strong beat to be discussed indetail on a later slide, as well as the refrain ofBarbara Allan’s name.
INTERPRETATION OF THE POEMThe poem is about unrequited love. Sir JohnGraeme falls in love with Barbara Allan. He is solovesick that he is bound to his deathbed. WhenBarbara comes to visit her ailing lover, shereminds him that he slighted her in front ofothers at a local tavern. He dies, and then shefeels guilty, so she asks her mother to prepareher deathbed for the following day. The message might be that one doesn’t need totake love for granted, or it might not be therewhen it is wanted. It relates to modern times when manyrelationships involve one person who loves theother and is not appreciated as well.
DEFINING DIFFICULT WORDSMartinmas—St. Martin’s Day on November 11 Hooly—holy Healths—toasts Adieu—goodbye Twa—two
ALLUSIONS ANALYSISIt mentions that Sir John Graeme is the one whofalls in love with Barbara Allan. It contains no other references to famousplaces, people, events, or art, probably since itwas written so long ago.
A MORE MODERN TRANSLATION―Oh haste and come to my master dear‖ means―Hurry up and come.‖ ―When she drew the curtain by‖ indicates thatshe pulled it back. ―And death was with him dealing‖ is out of thetraditional syntax order. It should say, ―Deathwas dealing with him,‖ with the subject comingbefore the verb. The out of order placement happens again in line28: ― death of life had reft him‖ and should be―Death had taken life away from him.‖
FIGURING OUT THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Personification: Death is personified in lines 22and 28 as one that deprives the speaker SirJohn Graeme of life and health. It is probablypersonified because it evokes in the reader animage of the Grim Reaper, a powerful force thatcomes at the end of one’s life to set Graeme’s―dead-bell ringing‖ (31). The dead bell itself isalso personified as crying out its woe to BarbaraAllan. Use of the bell in this way makes it seemlike a haunting voice that won’t let Miss Allanforget that she let her love die lonely andbrokenhearted.
FIGURING OUT THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGERepeated words and phrases: These words arerepeated for emphasis—hooly, sick, round, adieu,slowly, mother, and Barbara Allan. There is atleast one repeated word/phrase per stanza,adding to the singsong quality of the ballad. Dialect: Words such as ―dinna,‖ ―hooly,‖ and ―aspilling‖ give the Scottish accent and make thedialogue more real that if it were translated intomodern English. Use of –ing verbs: In every stanza except thelast, there is at least one –ing verb used. Theseverbs maintain a continuous flow among stanzasand help to keep the action moving throughoutthe ballad.
MEASURING THE METER - - / - - /- /- - /It was in and about the Martinmas time,// - / When the green leaves were a falling.//- - //That Sir John Graeme, in the West Country.- // Fell in love with Barbara Allan.Though the ballad has a rhythm, it comes more from the reader’sinterpretation aloud rather than a typical syllable pattern.The first line has two anapestic feet, followed by one iamb andanother anapestic foot.The second line starts with an anapestic foot but breaks thepattern, as do the remaining lines.
RHYME SCHEME ABCBDAEAFAGAThe rhyme scheme is not regular, so it varies throughout the poem.The poem also uses approximate instead of exact rhyme. The Arhyme is repeated most often and is representative of the –ingwords used before.For the first three stanzas, it is:
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