English Literature 12

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Ballads…

November 17th, 2005 · No Comments
Anglo Saxon/Medieval · vocabulary




Ballad

“a narrative poem, intended to be sung without a known author. [...] Most ballads include these features:
- Four-line stanzas in whicn the second and fourth lines rhyme
- Repeated key phrases or a regularly repeated section, called a refrain
- Dialogue. ( Prentice Hall Literature: The British Tradition 189)

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