Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 8 AIL 0709 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Ballad as a Fixed Form
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The idea
The glossary defines a ballad as a narrative poem usually in quatrains rhyming A B C B. Two features identify it: the story and the alternating rhyme. The anchor's ballad chapter uses Service's poem about a cremation, published nineteen seven.
In practice
A story in rhymed quatrains.
Where people slip
Narrative is the first test.
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