ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally “dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -A ballad is narrative in nature; this means that it tells a story. Most ballads are written in an ABAB rhyme scheme which means that lines one and three rhyme, and lines two and four rhyme. It is often written in iambic verse which means that every other syllable is stressed.

Detailed explanation-3: -A ballad is a narrative poem or song composed of short stanzas.

Detailed explanation-4: -What Is a Ballade Poem? A ballade poem is a verse form consisting of three main stanzas and one concluding stanza called an envoi, each of which culminates in a repeated last line (referred to as the refrain line). The first three stanzas are eight-line stanzas, while the envoi is four lines.

Detailed explanation-5: -A typical ballad is a plot-driven song, with one or more characters hurriedly unfurling events leading to a dramatic conclusion. Often, a ballad does not tell the reader what’s happening, but rather shows the reader what’s happening, describing each crucial moment in the trail of events.