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1.What is a ballad?
A song- poem Which reveals a historic event or person, or notable
common place occurrence. A ballad usually narrates a story.
2.Types of ballads
Oral (informal/ traditional)
Written (formal)
3.What happens when a ballad travel?
Changes language
Changes pronunciation
4.Topics:
Historic events
Historic people
Typical war/battle won or lost
State expansion experiences
Love incident, usually tragic
Jobs
5.Typical format
Usually are quatrains (4 lines)
Syllabic count: 8, 6, 8, 6
Rhyme scheme: abcb or abab
6.Purpose of a ballad
Desire to record or to remember a story
To spread the story
Want a media that travels
7.Why were ballads orally transmitted?
People didn’t know how to write properly
Low or no literature
Low or no access to paper and pencil
Low or no time to formally compose
8.What does a ballad enable?
Ballad song melodies (tune music)
Poem like formats (structure)
Rhyme line length from years of listening
Catalogue of typical story lines
Want media that travels/ moves
9.What makes ballads easy to compose?
The event or topic of the ballad was well known
Was a typical narrative story
The melody