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*[[Colour Coded for Your Convenience]]: The Queen of Elfland's horse is 'milk-white'. Both her dress, and the cloak and shoes which she gives Thomas, are green.
*[[Colour Coded for Your Convenience]]: The Queen of Elfland's horse is 'milk-white'. Both her dress, and the cloak and shoes which she gives Thomas, are green.
*[[Land of Faerie]]: The Queen of Elfland's kingdom, which Thomas disappears into at the end of the ballad.
*[[Land of Faerie]]: The Queen of Elfland's kingdom, which Thomas disappears into at the end of the ballad.
*[[Super Speed]]: An ability of the Queen of Elfland's horse. "And aye whene'er her bridle rang, / The steed flew swifter than the wind."
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Thomas the Rhymer is a Scottish ballad, derived from the Chivalric Romance Thomas of Ercildoune.

Tropes used in Thomas the Rhymer include:
  • Alliterative Nickname: Thomas's nickname, 'True Thomas'.
  • Colour Coded for Your Convenience: The Queen of Elfland's horse is 'milk-white'. Both her dress, and the cloak and shoes which she gives Thomas, are green.
  • Land of Faerie: The Queen of Elfland's kingdom, which Thomas disappears into at the end of the ballad.
  • Super Speed: An ability of the Queen of Elfland's horse. "And aye whene'er her bridle rang, / The steed flew swifter than the wind."