The Ballad

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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