Ballad: A short narrative poem, written to be sung. They tell of love, death, the supernatural, or a combination of these. A characteristic of the ballad is incremental repetition or variation. Incremental variation repeats one or more lines with small but significant variations that advance the action.
Name[edit] The word zuppa in Italian cuisine refers to both sweet and savoury dishes. It comes from the verb inzuppare which means to dunk. As the sponge cake or Lady fingers are dipped in liqueur the dish is called Zuppa.
Despite its name, zuppa inglese (English soup) is a traditional Italian dessert invented a long time ago. Zuppa inglese was made for the first time in the 16th century for Dukes of Este, residing in Ferrara.