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Lord Randell reading notes
summary
it seems like the son (lord randall) has went out hunting, and ate with someone he referred to as "true love"
go poisoned, and continuously throughout the poem, requests his mother to make his bed soon
could be referring to asking her mother to prepare for his death?
questions
what context is this poem set in?
how is this poem relevant in terms of the romantic period?
who is this "true love"?
is he really talking to his mother, or a metaphorically figure?
the speaker still calls the man "lord" randell; supposingly, it could be a parent talking to the man
does the name "randall" hold any significance?
what era/country uses such terms?
like "ha'e" or "..gat ye"
what does "wald" mean?
what does "sick at the heart mean"
how did the parent figure out he was poisoned?
maybe, as they were preparing the bed, they saw that he seemed sick
and lord randell confirmed it
things I notice that I think are important
strange spellings
he ate eels boiled in a broth
he ate dinner with his true love
the main character of the poem is of high class
the poem is about something that can happen in daily life - not necessarily a special event or big happening per se
the words are a little lyrical - repeating some parts, and following a sort of pattern
and now is written in a "poem" sort of form - text
during the time he was outside (in no particular order, cus I can't assume the order of which things happened), he went hunting, at dinner with a (true) lover, and got poisoned
notes in reference to the "lenses"
the poem makes you use your imagination of what might've happened to lord randell
it's not specified or clearly described of what happened to lord randell, or how he was poisoned
though I imagine it is because of the eel in broth he ate for inner
it is also not described who his true love is, or what s/he's like
i imagine the "sick at the heart" means he feels emotional pain
maybe something like a heartbreak
side note: it causes heart pain/cramps if you eat eel raw
but I don't think lord randell means heart sickness in a literal way
it wouldn't be meaningful to put in, dramatically, at the last line, that he is sick to the heart, if he means it literally
cite source where you got that info: that you can get heart pain if you eat raw eel
also using imagination to try and figure out how the seeming-to-be parent thought that lord randell was poisoned
democracy
somene who is supposingly his parent, calls him "lord" randell, rather than with a less formal way of addressing him
his bloodhounds "swelling" might be meaning something different, instead of literally swelling
could mean that they were overworked and died
it seems unrealistic that the bloodhounds blew up literally and died
and these poems and works during the romantic period were often somehow about daily life
bloodhounds are known to be used for tracking things: people, animals, hunting, etc..
cite source where you got this information
could be meaning a reference to slavery
hunting slaves
note: bloodhounds can be used to track specific people, like prisoners and slaves
remember that slavery was a point brought upon during the intro lecture