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The medieval ballad unnamed - Coggle Diagram
The medieval ballad
Where and When
throughout the Englishspeaking world in different times and places
aim
no moral aim
it tells a dramatic story as a series of rapid flashes
language
mixture of dialogue and narration
ballad narrators do not speak in the first person
very simple
they do not comment on their reactions to the emotional content of the story
metrics / prosody
A four-line stanza is used
often rhyming ABCB
refrain
description of
real characters
supernatural creatures
witches
ghosts
fairies
classification
ballads of magic
about fairies, ghosts, witchcraft and transformation
border ballads
about the rivalry between the English and the Scottish people
ballads of love and domestic tragedy
ballads of outlaws
with the cycle of Robin Hood
