A ballad is a form of poetry that alternates lines of four and three beats, often in quatrains, rhymed a-b-a-b, and usually tells a story. A narrative song that was passed down orally was called a folk ballad.
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A ballad is a form of poetry that alternates lines of four and three beats, often in quatrains, rhymed a-b-a-b, and usually tells a story. A narrative song that was passed down orally was called a folk ballad.