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by Alessandra Ancilotto 4 years ago

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The Ballad

Ballads emerged during the Middle Ages, characterized by their oral transmission and often anonymous authorship. These folk songs were crafted for non-specialist audiences and typically avoided first-person speech or personal commentary.

The Ballad

The Ballad

main stylistic features

refrains
mix of dialogue and narration
stichomythic lines
simple language
short stanzas
two lines
four lines

couplets

ABCB rhymes

origins

non- specialist audiences
popular folk-song
oral transmission
musical accompaniment
anonymous writer
no personal comment
no speech in first person
Middle Ages

characters

natural
famous heroes
mortals
supernatural
ghosts
fairies

themes

outlaws
Robin Hood
magic
witches
monsters
witchcraft
love/domestic tragedy
Lord Randal
border
English vs Scottish

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