Lohengrin (opera) later gave Wagner the means and opportunity to compose, build a theatre for, and stage his epic cycle "The Ring of the Nibelung". The most popular and recognizable part of the opera is the Bridal Chorus, better known as "Here Comes the Bride", often played as a processional at weddings in the West. The literary figure of Lohengrin first appeared as a supporting character in the final chapter of the medieval epic poem Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach. The Grail Knight Lohengrin, son of the Grail King Parzival, is sent to the duchess of Brabant to defend her. His protection
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky have gone the sound of a tumult like the fighting of two hundred Mexicans. As necessity bade him, he paused for breath or to reload his revolvers. Crane uses a vast amount of imagery in the story, for example; “...Crane used nautical imagery in “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” as a visual reminder of this westward movement. In the passenger-car with its “sea-green figured velvet”, a waiter, like a “pilot,” is “steering [Potter and his bride] through their meal”. Contemplating the best way to sneak into Yellow Sky undetected, Potter envisions himself as a boat, “a plains-craft” - to