MEDIEVAL BALLADS. Origin of Name From French dance songs – i.e. “ballares” or ballet.

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MEDIEVAL BALLADS

Origin of Name From French dance songs – i.e. “ballares” or ballet

Description A Ballad is a song that tells a story in verse. Because ballads were sung, their content was often changed. Minstrels/troubadours traveled from town to town singing ballads for food, money, lodging. Ballads were the poetry of the people, so they were often sensational.

Common Subjects Magic (ghosts, witchcraft, fairies) Border conflict (English vs. Scottish) Love, domestic tragedy Children Outlaws (Robin Hood)

CHARACTERISTICS Narrative, tells a story Set to music Depends heavily on dialogue (two people) Plot involves domestic tragedy or the supernatural No editorializing; impersonal tone Refrain and repetition Set rhyme and meter/syllable pattern (quatrain/4) Figurative language (“make my bed soon” = death) Third person, objective narration

CHARACTERISTICS No mention of setting Hurried plot No character development Sometimes use question and answer format/call and response Focus on one event

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