IGNOU DCE 5 2017 2018 - This poem has been written in the form of a ballad. A ballad is a narr

Question

This poem has been written in the form of a ballad. A ballad is a narrative poem that can be set to music and sung. It usually features brave men and their courageous deeds. Do you think that the ballad of Mulga Bill has this quality? What is it that gives the humorous touch to this poem? Write a short ballad featuring the exploits of a real or imaginary hero. You can make it serious or humorous.

06 Feb 2018

Answer :

Word Count : 440

Mulga is a very common species of Acacia that predominates the interior regions of the Australian bush, and colloquially, it is an alternative term for the Bush itself or wilderness regions, for example ‘up the mulga’. This poem is extremely important to Australian culture because it includes the start of the cycling faze. In the time this poem was written, everyone was buying bicycles because it was (and still partly is) popular in Australia.

"Mulga Bill's Bicycle" is a poem written in 1896 by Banjo Paterson. It was originally published in the 25 July 1896 edition of the Sydney Mail, and later appeared in the poet's second poetry collection Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses.

The poem is a ballad. Each line is a fourteener, having fourteen syllables and seven iambic feet.

It tells the tragic tale of Mulga Bill,

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