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Sir Patrick Spence

Questions

How does Spens compare to other characters we have discussed in class?

From: Reliques of

Ancient English Poetry

Who do you think the ballad was written for at that time and for what purpose?

Style

By: Thomas Percy

The ballad is written in a rhyme pattern

b

c

b

Imagery:

"blude-reid wine"

"When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud,

And gurly grew the sea." - web version

Alliteration

"And many was the feather-bed

That fluttered on the foam" - web version

Tone is serious and dark, fear of the sea is emphasized and captures the danger of sailing in bad weather.

Secondary Source

RICHARD J. KING

The Poets at His Feet:

The Afterlife of ‘Sir Patrick Spens’

"Spens’ is, first and foremost, a disaster story—a plot that has inspired and attracted audiences for centuries"

Have owre, have owre to Aberdour,

It's fiftie fadom deip:

And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spence

Wi' the Scots lords at his feit.

"Most sea narratives, even if they do not involve a shipwreck or some sort

of tragedy, emphasise the sea’s power and indifference"

"If ‘Spens’ did not directly inspire later ocean narratives—either in poetry or prose— it is surely an early source to this vast flow, and provides clues to demonstrate the elements that remain so powerful and enduring."

"That the mariner hero is the most common theme for poets inspired by

‘Spens’ may be ascribed to the power that the figure of the skipper holds, not

just to those ashore, but to sailors at sea"

Other Ballads Similarly Resemble Prior Readings

The Dragon of Wantley - Beowulf

The Ballad of Chevy Chase - Green Knight

The Nut Brown Maid - Twelfe Night

Sir Patrick Spens - Beowulf

Literary Device

Ex Nihilo : Latin

meaning "creation out of nothing"

The theory that ideas are not created, but rather copied. Because of the origin of Sir Patrick Spence we can say that so many maritime novels have used the story to amplify their own

Foreshadowing:

"The King sits in Dunfermline toune,

Drinking the blude-reid wine;

O quhar will I get guid sailor,

To sail this schip of mine?"

"The first line that Sir Patrick red,

A loud lauch lauched he;

The next line that Sir Patrick red,

The teir blinded his ee."

"Late late yestreen I saw the new moone Wi' the auld moone in hir arme; And I feir, my deir master, That we will com to harme."

death

Questions

Oedipus

What are some main themes portrayed in the ballad?

Bad Luck

  • Loyalty

  • Bravery

  • Predestined Roles

Thank You

References

What kind of music genre would the ballad go under today?

  • YouTube Parody Songs

  • Blues/jazz

  • Break Up Song

Historic Analysis

The Revival

  • Before being made Bishop of Dromore, Ireland. Thomas Percy was a member of the clergy under George III.
  • Other versions of “Sir Patrick Spence” suggest it may be combining two historical events.
  • In 1281, Scottish King Alexander III’s daughter Margaret was married to Norway’s King Eric, but on her voyage home, the ship sank and all perished.
  • Eric and Margaret were survived by a daughter, also named Margaret. She was to be married to a son of England’s King Edward I, but died while sailing from Norway.
  • There is no historical link between Sir Patrick Spence and these events, though chronicles indicate that there was a Spence and that he may have been a Captain.

  • Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
  • Is a collection of ballads and popular songs collected by Bishop Thomas Percy and published in 1765.
  • The rediscovery of ballads was initiated by his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.
  • Containing authoritative versions of one of the most famous ballads, ‘Sir Patrick Spence'

"Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor

That sails upon the sea."

roughly 530 miles

Scotland to Norway

Rafael Perez Jr

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