Ballad

" A form of verse adapted for singing or recitation and primarily characterized by it's presentation in simple narrative form of a dramatic or exciting eposiode" (Holman 42).

Cuddon states "a ballad is a song that tells a story and originally was a muscial accompaniment to a dance" (71).

"There are two kinds of ballads: Folk or traditional ballad and the other one is literary ballad" (Cuddon 71).

Word Cited

Holman, Hugh C. A Handbook To Literature. New York: The Odyssey Press, 1936.

Cudden, J. A. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Fourth Edition. Great Britain, Penguin Group, 1977.