Moving On

Today we wrapped up the Anglo-Saxon Period with a comparison between the two translations of Beowulf. I'm so glad that we're finally starting on ballads because they seem a lot more interesting.

We screened through one called "Bonny Barbara Allan" and it reminded me of a similar form of poetry in Chinese literature. Ci 宋詞 was a kind of poetry that was meant to be sung, it was most popular in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

A beautifully written Ci that later became one of the most well-known song of Chinese culture