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BALLADS - Coggle Diagram
BALLADS
STYLE
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direct speech and simple, concrete words
begins in medias res
four-line stanzas with a refrain
ripetition
rhyme scheme
CONTEMPORARY BALLADS
Scarborough fair
A hard rain's a-gonna fall
What a wonderful world
Geordie
THEMES
destructive power of love
universal tragedy
the life is short and the death is always near
inheritance themes (=eredità)
LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
a magic/fairy woman
circular story
legend and mysticism
this woman hides something
LORD RANDAL
see themes and style