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SAI International School
Grade IX- English
Module -15 , A Legend Of The Northland (Beehive)
By-Phoebe Cary
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A Legend of Northland by Phoebe Cary

Introduction to the poem

‘A legend of the Northland’ is a ballad. A ballad is a poem narrating a story in short
stanzas. Ballad is such kind of poem which tells a story in short stanzas and in the
poem all the stanzas comprise four lines. In total, there are 16 stanzas in this poem
and these stanzas will tell us a story. Ballads are a part of folk culture or popular
culture and are passed on orally from one generation to the next. (Folk culture is a
story of any area and is known as ballad). Folk culture comprises of traditional
stories which are passed on from one generation to next generation.
This story is of the Northland area, the area which is near the North Pole. This exact
place is not specified but ‘Northland’ means the area in the northernmost part of the

earth i.e., near the North Pole. ‘Legend’ means a historical story, one which is very
old and has been passed on from generation to generation.

Justify the title

The title of the poem clearly state that the poem is about a legend of North Land.
Like most of the stories, it seems to be passed on from generation to generation

without a clue of it being true. The title is appropriate as it introduces the narrative
form of the story which is to impart moral values. The place where the story takes