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        <title><![CDATA[I have written a response on "Sir Patrick Spens" which summarizes the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/sir-patrick-spens/q-and-a/how-ballad-sir-patrick-spens-ballad-105859</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I have written a response on "Sir Patrick Spens" which summarizes the poem and also discusses the ballad form.  Click on the link below to read the answer.  The last paragraph focuses on the poetic form.
Ballads almost always tell a folk-tale (or sometimes fairy-tale or supernatural story) -type story, which often (but not always) is tragic.  In the majority of cases ballads were meant to be sung, so there is a definitely regular,...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How is the ballad "Sir Patrick Spens" a ballad?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How is the ballad "Sir Patrick Spens" a ballad?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:40:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA["Sir Patrick Spens" is a tragic ballad of Scotland. First published in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA["Sir Patrick Spens" is a tragic ballad of Scotland. First published in 1765, it is probably much older than that date, probably by several centuries.  While a real Sir Patrick Spens has never been identified, it is possible there was a real thirteenth-century event involving the daughter of the King of Norway on which the poem is based.  But the importance of the actual events is not so great as the literary quality and the excellence of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:31:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Will someone please summarize Sir Patrick Spens?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Will someone please summarize Sir Patrick Spens?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:55:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[While there is not enough detail to settle the question fully, it does...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/sir-patrick-spens/q-and-a/did-he-deliberately-send-sir-patrick-his-doom-78519</link>
        <description><![CDATA[While there is not enough detail to settle the question fully, it does not seem likely that the King of Scotland deliberately intended harm to Sir Patrick Spens. Instead, we see in this poem the familiar problem of too great a distance between those who command and those who obey, the fatal separation between the generals who give orders and the privates who must carry them out. The king has an urgent mission that he wants completed, involving...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:41:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Did the Scottish king deliberately send Sir Patrick to his doom?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Did the Scottish king deliberately send Sir Patrick to his doom?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:23:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How avoidable is the tragedy in Sir Patrick Spens?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/sir-patrick-spens/q-and-a/how-avoidable-tragedy-sir-patrick-spens-43921</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How avoidable is the tragedy in Sir Patrick Spens?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:19:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;Sir Patrick Spens&quot;(58)  is from Francis James Child's...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Sir Patrick Spens&quot;(58)  is from Francis James Child's collection &quot;The English and Scottish Popular Ballads&quot; (1882-98).The story is very familiar to all lovers of English poetry. It narrates the the story of the skilful and  brave sailor Sir Patrick Spens who readily sacrifices his life inorder to bring home the Scottish  princess from Norway.some of the important themes are:1. Obedience and courage : Even though Sir...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:00:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are a number of themes which are explored in the poem.  Prominent...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are a number of themes which are explored in the poem.  Prominent among these are the themes of loyalty, suffering and loss, and courage.Loyalty is a central theme as it relates to both Sir Patrick and his crew.  When Sir Patrick is ordered by the king to go to sea, he is aware that it is a dangerous time of year for sailing, yet he promptly obeys.  His men also acquiesce without protest, because they are loyal to Sir Patrick.The...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:10:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the theme of the traditional  ballad  &quot;Sir Patrick...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the theme of the traditional  ballad  &quot;Sir Patrick Spens&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:33:57 PST</pubDate>
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