Define the ballad form and explain the difference between a literary ballad and a folk ballad

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Andrews

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4 January, 02:40

Define the ballad form and explain the difference between a literary ballad and a folk ballad

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Timmy · Answer 1

A ballad is a poem that often tells a story, has a rhyme scheme of abab, and often used in quatrains (a stanza of four lines). A folk ballad is passed down orally through generations with a vague source, and a literary ballad is written with a known author.