Explication-Barbara Allen
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Explication-Barbara Allen
Barbara Allen is a traditional ballad about doomed love. It tells a story, has characters & dialogue and it is anonymous.
In the first stanza we are given an introduction to the story. During the Maritimes time a man named Sir. John Graeme visited the west of England and fell in love with a woman named Barbara Allen.
John then sends one of his servants to the place where Barbara lives asking her to come meet John where he lives.
Barbara agrees to this offer. She goes to John’s house and when she draws the curtain she sees that he is dying.
John explains that he is sick because of his love for her. He tells her that he will love her for ever, even in his death.
Barbara tells John that she doesn’t care because she is mad at him because he was drunk when she met him and he has slighted her.
John then...