by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Verse · Action · Heroism
Abstract
A collection of narrative and ballad-style verse (1898) celebrating martial heroism, sport, and adventure, including poems on English archery, historical battles such as Cremona, storming parties, and hunting and sporting life.
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Forms & Genres: Ballad Ballade, Narrative Poem, Comic Verse Song Themes & Concepts: Heroism, War and its Cost, Nationalism and Patriotism, Courage, Endurance Motifs: Swords and Weapons, Horse, Music and Song Historical References: Napoleonic Wars the Navy, British Empire Settings: Battlefield, Continental Europe (Brussels) Archetypes: Hero, Avenger Topoi: War as Glory, Last Stand