USAGE: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Term: Ballad. Strictly, a ballad is a form of poetry that alternates lines of four and three beats, often in quatrains, rhymed abab, and often telling a story-the anonymous poem 'Sir Patrick Spens' and Wordsworth's A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal demonstrate this well.erm: Ballad. Strictly, a ballad is a form of poetry that alternates lines of four and three beats, often in quatrains, rhymed abab, and often telling a story-the anonymous poem 'Sir Patrick Spens' and Wordsworth's A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal demonstrate this well.
Product_catalog : School : LitLink : Grade06 : The Wreck of the Hesperus. Narrative Poem and Ballad. A narrative poem is any verse that tells a story. A ballad is a simple poem that tells a story. Most ballads have four-line stanzas, and the second and fourth lines usually rhyme. As you read âThe Wreck of the Hesperus,â think about how the poem is telling a story. Stanza. A stanza is a group of lines in a poem. Stanzas are usually separated by spaces from other stanzas.