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What’s a ballad?

What’s a ballad? . Is that a duck or something?. A ballad . The word you’re thinking of is Mallard (that is a duck ) A BALLAD is a type (or form) of poetry Not just ANY old poetry, though A ballad is a poem that tells a story!. Ballads are stories?.

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What’s a ballad?

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  1. What’s a ballad? Is that a duck or something?

  2. A ballad • The word you’re thinking of is Mallard (that is a duck ) • A BALLAD is a type (or form) of poetry • Not just ANY old poetry, though • A ballad is a poem that tells a story!

  3. Ballads are stories? • A ballad is what is known in the world of poetry as a narrative poem. (Narrative means to tell a story-like what a narrator does) • Ballads tell stories, usually of lost love or some kind of loss. They can tell stories of pain, adventure, and anything else you would write a story about. • Ballads are very musical, so they’re often put to music (some even by famous bands you’ve heard of probably)

  4. A ballad’s form is quite simplistic • Here’s the standard ballad form: • Four line stanzas (sometimes 6) • Second and fourth line rhyme in each stanza (the more you stick to this rhythmic pattern, the more musical your ballad sounds.) • Uses a rhythm like this for alternating lines: • da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM (line 1) • da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM (line 2) • Repeat rhythm for lines 3, 4 • Example: • In Scarlet Town, where I was born,There was a fair maid dwellin'Made every lad cry wellaway,And her name was Barbara Allen.

  5. Oh! Great! Another dead guy’s poem… • Not all ballads have the same rhythm. Some great songs have been written that don’t follow the ballad form exactly. • They are still ballads because even though they don’t follow the traditional form, they do follow a set rhythm and they tell a story. • Some famous, modern-ish bands have even taken really, really old ballads (try hundreds of years old!) and put them to music. (Barbara Allen is one.)

  6. Time for some examples: • Open up your book to page 637 and let’s read some ballads. 

  7. Barbara Allen • In Scarlet town where I was born,There was a fair maid dwellin'Made every youth cry Well-a-day, Her name was Barb'ra Allen. All in the merry month of May, When green buds they were swellin' Young Willie Grove on his death-bed lay, For love of Barb'ra Allen. He sent his servant to her door To the town where he was dwellin' Haste ye come, to my master's call, If your name be beBarb'ra Allen. So slowly, slowly got she up, And slowly she drew nigh him, And all she said when there she came: "Young man, I think you're dying!" • He turned his face unto the wall And death was drawing nigh him. Good bye, Good bye to dear friends all, Be kind to Bar'bra Allen When he was dead and laid in grave, She heard the death bell knelling. And every note, did seem to sayOh, cruel Barb'ra Allen"Oh mother, mother, make my bed Make it soft and narrowSweet William died, for love of me,And I shall of sorrow." They buried her in the old churchyardSweet William's grave was neigh hersAnd from his grave grew a red, red roseFrom hers a cruel briar.They grew and grew up the old church spireUntil they could grow no higherAnd there they twined, in a true love knot,The red, red rose and the briar.

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