Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 18 AIL 1724 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why the Ballad Returned
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The idea
The glossary defines a ballad as a narrative poem in quatrains rhyming A B C B, and unit eight added its alternating four and three beat lines. It is a popular form with a long oral history, which is precisely why poets pursuing ordinary language reached for it.
In practice
A popular form, deliberately chosen.
Where people slip
The choice was the argument.
Your place on the trail
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