1) Avex Trax single 2) Easy listening tune 3) English girl name 4) Folk music 5) French word used in English 6) Hey Jude 7) Home, Sweet Home 8) Light-rock radio fare 9) Lite-rock radio fare 10) Narrative poem 11) Ode to Billie Joe 12) Poem 13) Poetic form 14) Story set to music 15) When Day is Done is one
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1) Derry 2) Lay 3) Song
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- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- a narrative poem of popular origin
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a popular song, often recited aloud, narrating a story, and passed down orally. Over 300 traditional English ballads, in up to 25 versions each, were edited as the so-called 'Child ballads' (named after the editor, F. J. Child) 1882-98. Examples of the form include 'Sir Patrick Spens,' 'Twa Sisters of Binnorie,' 'The Three Ravens,' the Lyrical Ball...
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• (v. i.) To make or sing ballads. • (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads. • (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
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From the folk music tradition in particular, a ballad is a song that tells a story (e.g. John Henry). However in most other modern music genres including pop and jazz, ballad refers to any song that is downbeat, slow and emotional (e.g.' Misty', 'Yesterday', 'Crazy For You'). A decent ballad can be hugely emotional, a bad one can just sound naff. B...
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[Noun] Plural form: ballads. A poem or song that tells a story, often about love.
Example: Folk singers such as Bob Dylan have composed their own ballads.
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Literary genre of traditional narrative poetry, widespread in Europe and the USA. Ballads are simple in metre, sometimes (as in Russia) without regular lines and rhymes or (as in Denmark) dependent...
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In common parlance, song hits, folk music, and folktales or any song that tells a story are loosely
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A popular song, often recited aloud, narrating a story, and passed down orally. Over 300 traditional
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Bal'lad intransitive verb To make or sing ballads. [ Obsolete]
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Bal'lad noun [ Middle English
balade , Old French
balade , French
ballade , from Pr.
ballada a dancing song, from
ballare to dance; confer Italian
ballata . See 2d
Ball ,
noun , and
Ballet .] A popular kind of narrative...
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Bal'lad transitive verb To make mention of in ballads. [ Obsolete]
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A song / poem that tells a story in verse in a very swift way. Very often the story is told through dialogue and action.
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A narrative folksong, usually created by common people and passed on orally.
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ballad (BAL uhd) 1. Narrative poem, narrative verse, rhyming story: 'He read the class one of the great English ballads.' 2. Folk song, song; chanty, carol: 'We sat around the campfire, while a folk singer sang ballads.'
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A slow tune. Ballad playing is replete with its own idiomatic devices.
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a dramatic chronological story-poem.
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a poem or song which tells a story. Characterised by short, regular verses with a rhyme scheme.
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lay noun a narrative poem of popular origin
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(literature) Literary genre of traditional narrative poetry, widespread in Europe and the USA. Ballads are simple in metre, sometimes (as in Russia) without regular lines and rhymes or (as in Denmark) dependent on assonance. Concerned with some strongly emotional event, the ballad is halfway b...
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a slow song usually about love - Janis sings up-tempo rock songs as well as slow ballads.
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a songs that tells astory about historical events and characters. Such events may have major, national social-political implications, or recount occurrences within a local community.
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[Literary terms] a narrative poem of popular origin
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[SAT terms] a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
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