Thursday, November 13, 2008

Poetry 4

Ballads

( a narrative poem in stanzas)

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Folk Ballads                                            Literary Ballads

(anonymous songs,                           (modern imitations of folk

 mostly dating fromBefore 1700,            ballads,and often  are

and transmitted orally)                        not intended to be sung)

e.g. Sir Patrick Spens                            e.g. John Keats's

Lord Randal                                La Belle dame Sans Merci


Lord Randal performed by some students at school :



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