I'll Tell You a Tale - Ian Serraillier
A collection of poems and ballads
KORTE INHOUD
Long before most people could read and write, stories and tales of events were passed on in ballad and song. The wandering minstrel was the news reporter of his time, broadcasting reports of great battles, heroic deeds, runaway lovers and foul murders, to the far corners of the land. Today the poet is still a reporter and storyteller, and in this book you will find all manner of tales to intrigue and amuse you.
I'll tell you a tale in ballads and poems of love, and murder, and faithless men; of false knights, of brave gentlemen and of lovely nutbrown maidens. Add some riddles, limericks, spells and haiku, and 'I'll Tell you a Tale' becomes a captivating introduction to poetry and a delight to all lovers of a good story.
Roughly half of the poems and ballads in this book come from traditional sources; there are American folk tales in verse, Scottish ballads, English ballads and folk-songs, and a number of street rhymes. The rest of the poems are by Ian Serraillier himself and they all contain the strong narrativ...
I'll tell you a tale in ballads and poems of love, and murder, and faithless men; of false knights, of brave gentlemen and of lovely nutbrown maidens. Add some riddles, limericks, spells and haiku, and 'I'll Tell you a Tale' becomes a captivating introduction to poetry and a delight to all lovers of a good story.
Roughly half of the poems and ballads in this book come from traditional sources; there are American folk tales in verse, Scottish ballads, English ballads and folk-songs, and a number of street rhymes. The rest of the poems are by Ian Serraillier himself and they all contain the strong narrativ...
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