Walter+Scott

=Walter Scott=

Background Information
Sir Walter Scott impacted many readers through his tales of romance and fantasy that he wove about his home country of Scotland. Walter Scott was born August 15, 1771 in College Wynd., Edinburgh, Scotland and died September 21, 1832 at age 61 in Abbotsford, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He commonly wrote about his own country to show his national pride. Put simply, “his explorations of the neighbouring countryside developed in him both a love of natural beauty and a deep appreciation of the historic struggles of his Scottish forebears” (“Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet”). He didn’t implicitly or explicitly state his love, it just depended on his work and which one was being read. Scott is known for his writings about his home country, Scotland, internationally and his works are still popular with many today. Scott wrote to adults originally, but it has been demoted to younger generations lately because of the higher level of thinking nowadays. Those in sixth grade can comprehend most of his works, but may not enjoy it as much as elder generations might. He wrote historically so he assumed that the audience is interested in learning about his home country; he incorporates this fact in his writings of fantasy and romance.

The societies of his time period were still growing and developing into the powerful societies that they would become, but they had been the most develop of that time. He implicitly describes Scotland in his poems and is well-known for his tales of fantasy about it. Many have tried to copy his writing style, following his methods and story ideas. His picture of romance was unique from what happened in the real world, with arranged marriages and struggles for power determining who marries another. Readers could relate to his dreams of falling in love and marrying the one who stole their heart, but knowing that it could never come true. These themes also relate to many stories of today’s world, but there is more freedom in who marries who.

Writing Techniques of Scott
He used... -opposite of Cummings -followed correct grammar rules -commonly used metaphors -occasionally used anecdote, repetition -wrote about his home country, romance, fantasy

Song Connections

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//Lochinvar//

O young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarm'd, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar. He staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.

So boldly he enter'd the Netherby Hall, Among bride's-men, and kinsmen, and brothers and all: Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword, (For the poor craven bridegroom said never a word,) "O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar?"

"I long woo'd your daughter, my suit you denied; --   Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide --   And now I am come, with this lost love of mine , To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.

"  The bride kiss'd the goblet: the knight took it up, He quaff'd off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She look'd down to blush, and she look'd up to sigh, With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar, --  "Now tread we a measure!" said young Lochinvar.

So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a gailiard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whisper'd, "'twere better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.

"  One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow," quoth young Lochinvar.

There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran: There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar? || =====Song=====

//Hey, Soul Sister// By Train

Heeey heeeey heeeeey

Your lipstick stains on the front lobe of my left side brains I knew I wouldn't forget you And so I went and let you blow my mind Your sweet moving The smell of you in every single dream I dream I knew when we collided you're the one I have decided Who's one of my kind

Hey soul sister, ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo The way you move ain't fair you know Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight

Heeey heeeey heeeey

Just in time, I'm so glad you have a one track mind like me You gave my life direction A game show love connection, we can't deny I'm so obsessed My heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest I believe in you, like a virgin, you're Madonna And I'm always gonna wanna blow your mind

Hey soul sister, ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo The way you move ain't fair you know Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight

The way you can cut a rug Watching you is the only drug I need So gangster, I'm so thug You're the only one I'm dreaming of You see I can be myself now finally In fact there's nothing I can't be I want the world to see you'll be with me

Hey soul sister, ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo The way you move ain't fair you know Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight Heeey heeeey heeeeey (tonight) Heeey heeeey heeeeey (tonight) || =====Connections=====

Hyperbole (a figure of speech which uses an extravagant or  exaggerated statement to  express strong feelings) Poem: "And now I am come, with this lost love of mine" Song: "And so I went and let you blow my mind" - For the poem, the love was never "lost", it just never happened yet; for the song, his mind is not really blown, it was just happily surprised.

Simile (comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as") Poem: "Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide" Song: "I believe in you, like a virgin, you're Madonna" - Both expressions use "like" and compare one thing to another thing.

Metaphor (comparing two unlike things not using "like" or "as") Poem: "For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war" Song: "Your lipstick stains on the front lobe of my left side brains" - In the poem, the person may not honestly be that, but similar to it and in the song, there really is not "lipstick stains" on their brain, it is just to explain that one's memory will stay there forever. ||


 * =====Poem=====

//Answer//

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name. || =====Song=====

//Abraham's Daughter// By Arcade Fire

Abraham took Isaac's hand and led him to the lonesome hill. While his daughter hid and watched, She dare not breathe. She was so still. Just as an angel cried for the slaughter, Abraham's daughter raised her voice.

Then the angel asked her what her name was, She said, "I have none." Then he asked, "How can this be?" "My father never gave me one."

And with his sword up, raised for the slaughter, Abraham's daughter raised her bow. "How darest you, child, defy your father?" "You better let young Isaac go." || =====Connections=====

Repetition (repeating a word or phrase) Poem: "Sound, sound..." Song: "Abraham's daughter raised her..." - The poem repeats "sound" twice and the poem repeats "Abraham's daughter raised her..." twice as well.

Imagery (using descriptive words to explain a scene) Poem: "To all the sensual world" Song: "..led him to the lonesome hill" - Poem describes the world and the song describes the hill

Rhetorical (not meant to be taken literally) Poem: "Is worth an age without a name" Song: "You better let young Isaac go" - Both statements are not meant to be taken literally and actually done. ||


 * Poem

//Breathes There the Man... From the Lay of// //the Last Minstrel//

Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, 'This is my own, my native land!' Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand! If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. || Song

//The Lonely// By Christina Perri

2am, where do I begin Crying off my face again The silent sound of loneliness Wants to follow me to bed!

I'm the ghost of a girl That I want to be most I'm the shell of a girl That I used to know well

Dancing slowly in an empty room Can the lonely take the place of you I sing myself a quiet lullaby Let you go and let the lonely in To take my heart again

Too afraid, to go inside For the pain of one more loveless night Cause the loneliness will stay with me And hold me till I fall asleep

I'm the ghost of a girl That I want to be most I'm the shell of a girl That I used to know well

Dancing slowly in an empty room Can the lonely take the place of you I sing myself a quiet lullaby Let you go and let the lonely in To take my heart again

Broken pieces of A barely breathing story Where there once was love Now there's only me And the lonely...

Dancing slowly in an empty room Can the lonely take the place of you I sing myself a quiet lullaby Let you go and let the lonely in To take my heart again... || Connections

Metaphor (comparing two unlike things not using "like" or "as") Poem: "High though his titles, proud his name" Song: "Crying off my face again" - Poem explains what his titles and name is like, and the song compares how much she is crying to what it feels like if it were possible to cry one's face off.

Repetition (repetition of a word or phrase) Poem: "Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung" Song: "Lonely/loneliness" - Repeating the "un" in the poem and repeating the word "lonely" and "loneliness" throughout the song.

Personification (giving human characteristics to a inanimate or non-human objects) Poem: "Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned" Song: "A barely breathing story" - The poem says how the heart "burns" and the story is "breathing" in the song. ||