Ballad

- Ballads are poems that tell a story (= narrative poems)
- Early form of entertainment, the performers were called Balladiers
- Basic form is a jambic heptameter
- Arranged in sestets or six-line-stanzas
- 2nd, 4th and 6th lines are rhyming
- It's often sung
- Their simplicity made them survive and popular
- German poets are famous for their ballads, e.g.:
>>> J.W.v. Goethe: Erlkönig>>> F. Schiller: Der Handschuh

Example of pop-Ballad:
the Ballad of Lucy Jordan
lyrics: http://www.lyricsdrive.com/lyrics/faithfull-marianne/284954/ballad-of-lucy-jordan/
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiC_DiqMRCE

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