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THE MEDIEVAL BALLAD - Coggle Diagram
THE MEDIEVAL BALLAD
ballad: a genre common throughout the English-speaking world in different times
FEATURES
dramatic story
rapid flashes
simple language
no moral aim
mixture of dialogue and narration
no first person
no comments on emotional reactions
THEMES
border ballads
rivalry between English and Scottish people
ballads of love and domestic tragedy
ballads of magic
witchcraft and transformation
imaginative power
faires, witches and ghosts
ballads of outlaws
circle of Robin Hood
STRUCTURE
refrain
both real and supernatural characters
fairies
ghosts
witches
four-line stanza (often ABCB)