Ballad By: Chanel Kim

Definition :]  Ballad is a poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain.  The second and fourth lines of each verse rhyme.  The basic form for ballads is iambic heptameter (seven sets of unstressed, stressed syllables per line), in sets of four.

Definition in own words  Ballad poem is a poem that tells folk tales or legend with repeated refrain.  The second and fourth verse of line rhymes.

Example  Example of Ballad Poem In Scarlet Town, where I was born, There was a fair maid dwellin' Made every lad cry wellaway, And her name was Barbara Allen.

Chanel’s Example  Chanel’s example of Ballad Poem One day, when I became seven, I learned how to sing. Soon, singing became my life, Which attached me a wing.

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