Final Exam: Sir Patrick Spens, Robin Hood Ballads, & Le Morte d'Arthur Flashcards
one charged with keeping the law in both forest and manor
yeoman
“The untying of the knot”; the resolution that follows the climax
conclusion
sparkling; glittering
glistering
giving someone (or something) a name that reflects an important quality or characteristic; dedicating ceremonially
christning (christening)
The part of a plot which complicates the action. It begins with the exciting force, gains in interest and power as the opposing individual(s) or forces come into conflict, and proceeds to the climax, or turning point.
rising action
a statement written in memory of one who has died
epitaph
strength of spirit; fortitude
mettle
to cause to change places with each other
transpose
suggests; gives evidence of
bespeaks
trust; faith
affiance
a unit of length equal to six feet
fathom
to wander; to journey
rove
the moment of highest and greatest tension in the story
climax
to put for acceptance; to offer
proffer
conveyed; carried; transmitted
conducted
anger
ire
anxiety created by the writer to make the reader wonder what will happen next
suspense
to glimpse; to catch sight of
espy
The region in the East Midlands of England made famous for its involvement with the Robin Hood legend. The region includes Sherwood Forest.
Nottingham-shire
A song, transmitted orally, that tells a story. Its meter features a four-line stanza with the second and fourth line that rhyme (abcb); the first and third lines having four accented syllables and the second and fourth lines having three accented syllables.
ballad (also known as the folk ballad or traditional ballad)
favor; request
boon
a simple song with a repeating phrase or line (a refrain)
roundelay
provisions of food and clothing
livery
fainted from extreme emotion
swooned
lifted or hauled with great effort
heaved
shows; indicates
betokens
believing
deeming
put in the earth or tomb; burried
interred
immeasureable; incalculable
inestimable
contain elements such as knights, kings, honor, love, the supernatural, and battles between good and evil
medieval romances
“By the faith of my body, “ then Robin said, “This cloath doth make thee a man.”
making Little John Bishop for the wedding
comes upon a hermitage of the Archbishop of Canterbury; decides to become a hermit
Sir Bedevere
“O lang, lang my their ladies sit, / Wi’ their fans into their hand”
suspense
introduced printing into England
William Caxton
where Robin Hood is said to have died
Kirkleys Priory
“You blooded by me shall be.”
Robin Hood’s death
a knight of the Round Table and half-brother of Sir Gawain who rebelled against the king
Sir Mordred
“Late, late yestre’en I saw the new moon / Wi’ the auld moon in hir arm”
a bad omen
“Yesterday I should have married a maid, / But she is now from me tane, / And chose to be an old night’s delight, / Whereby my poor heart is slain.”
Allin a Dale
“This ill deed done to me, / To send me out this time o’ the year.”
why a tear blinds Sir Patrick’s eye
locked in the Tower of London to prevent marriage
Guenever
“For they’ll see them na mair.”
climax
His name has been heard since the sixth century, and by the ninth century, he had become a folk hero. In these medieval histories and romances, he defended Britain against the Saxon invaders in the late fifth/early sixth centuries.
King Arthur
where he will get a good sailor to sail his ship
the king’s concern in “Sir Patrick Spens”
a “bold harper” there to perform
tricks the bishop
“mak hast, mak haste … Our guid ship sails the morn.”
Sir Patrick’s response to the king
“Now here on the bridge we will play; / Whoever falls in, the other shall win / The battle, and so we’ll away.”
Robin Hood in his first interaction with Little John
“Half o’er, half o’er to Aberdour / It’s fifty fadom deep, / And there lies guid Sir Patrick Spens / Wi’ the Scots lords at his feet.”
dénouement
at his death, he repents, forgives Launcelot, and makes amends
Sir Gawaine
Hic jacet Arthurus, Rex quondam, Rexque futurus
“Here lies Arthur, king once, and king to be.”
