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Compare the ‘Twa Corbies’ and the ‘Three Ravens’ considering language, content and techique  

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Compare the 'Twa Corbies' and the 'Three Ravens' considering language, content and techique The ballads of the 'Twa Corbies' and the 'Three Ravens' arte versions of what once may have been the same poem, but time and geographical movement may have been the main contributions to the change of language, style and even content. The titles are perhaps the first significant contrast; the Scottish implying older, more primitive undertones whilst the English is presumably more modern with a certain sophistication within the use of language. Despite having this primarily differing feature, they are both about three birds -the mythological number having different implications. The darker, 'Twa Corbies' maybe relating it to more mystical, black magical concepts whilst the 'Three Ravens' concentrates on the Christian values of loyalty and hope -reflected within the symbolic reference of Raven's being representative of good luck. This heavily contrasts with the birds of prey that crows...

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