Ballad

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Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad "The Twa Corbies"

A ballad /bld/ is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the
medieval French chanson ballade or ballade, which were originally "dancing songs". Ballads
were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the
later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later
the Americas, Australia and North Africa.
Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides. The form was often used
by poets and composers from the 18th century onwards to produce lyrical ballads. In the later
19th century the term took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song and is now often
used for any love song, particularly the pop or rock sentimental ballad.

Modernist poetry in English started in the early years of the 20th century with the appearance
of the Imagists. In common with many other modernists, these poets wrote in reaction to the
perceived excesses ofVictorian poetry, with its emphasis on traditional formalism and
ornate diction. In many respects, their criticism echoes what William Wordsworth wrote
in Preface to Lyrical Ballads to instigate the Romantic movementin British poetry over a century
earlier, criticising the gauche and pompous school which then pervaded, and seeking to bring
poetry to the layman.
Modernists saw themselves as looking back to the best practices of poets in earlier periods and
other cultures. Their models included ancient Greek literature, Chinese and Japanese poetry,
the troubadours, Danteand the medieval Italian philosophical poets (such as Guido Cavalcanti),
and the English Metaphysical poets.[citation needed]
Much of early modernist poetry took the form of short, compact lyrics. As it developed, however,
longer poems came to the foreground. These represent the modernist movement to the 20thcentury English poetic canon.

Epic Poetry
An epic poem is a long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are
significant to the culture of the poet. Many ancient writers used epic poetry to tell tales of intense

adventures and heroic feats. Some of the most famous literary masterpieces in the world were
written in the form of epic poetry.
Epic poems were particularly common in the ancient world because they were ideal for
expressing stories orally. These works continue to be well regarded today. Many high school
students read famous examples of epic poetry, such as Gilgamesh and The Iliad.

Poetry Definition of Metrical Tale

A metrical tale is a simple and straightforward long story consisting usually of a
single series connective events, and usually do not form a plot. Examples of these
are simple idylls or home tales, love tales, tales of the supernatural or tales written
for a strong moral purpose in verse form and can be the length of a short story or of
a complete novel.
Example

A Metrical romance is a kind of poetry dealing with the emotions or phase of lifeand
the story is told in a simple, straightforward and realistic manner. It has ahappy ending
whether love is involved or not.The Norman first brought this Metrical Romans into
England. And it became sopopular, so it expressed the romantic spirit of the time, that is
speedilyovershadowed all other forms of literary expression.Metrical romance is a form of
poetry that was popular in the high renaissance. Itwas a form of prose poetry that was
popular among royals and the upper class. Thestories of metrical romance typically
involved stories that included the adventures,trials, and tribulations of knights as well
as typically told stories of chivalrous featsof said knights. Courtly love was a typical
theme of metrical romance as well.Metrical romance was typically written in the
language of Old French but was laterre worked into German, and English.These romantic
narratives are all in stanzaic verse, which is of two types, quatrains of twelve-syllable
lines in assonance, and quatrains of eight-syllable linesin assonance.
The twelve-syllable line is much the more common of the two: it isthe vehicle not only of the
greater number of the metrical romances, but of most of the saint-legends, novenas,
and other religious works. The common generic namefor the type of stories we
are accustomed to term in English "metrical romances" is
corrido
.
Among all the Filipinos the word

corrido
means an extended narrative of the life and adventures of some person. In Tagalog the
term, if strictly used, isapplied only to poems written in octosyllabic lines; those in
alexandrines * havingon the title-page
Buhay nang
, etc. ("Life of," etc.) or
Salita at Buhay
, etc.("Story and Life," etc.). The general Tagalog word for "poem" or "song" is awit.
Theother dialects make no such formal distinction between the
corrido
and the
Buhay

Definition of an Allegorical Poem

First off, what makes a poem a poem? How do we distinguish a poem from other pieces of
written work, such as prose? A poem is like a piece of word art. It makes use
of similes, metaphors, and, of course, sometimes it rhymes. It is structured in meter or verse
and uses heavy doses of imagery to convey deep emotions.
So then what is an allegorical poem? It's still a poem, but what distinguishes it is that it's a
poem with two meanings. The first meaning is the obvious one, the literal meaning. The second
meaning is a symbolic meaning. To get the full significance of a symbolic meaning, we have to
dig beneath the surface and read between the lines. The symbolic meaning forces the reader to
interpret the text, to figure out what the poet is trying to say without coming right out and saying it.
Perhaps the poet is making a political critique or social commentary. It's up to the reader to figure
it out.

What is the metrical tale meaning?...

The Metrical tale is a relatively long poem which tells a completely

developed story in verse. Metrical tales can be the length of a short story or of a complete novel

The definition of metrical tale is a long narrative poem that tells a tale of ordinary people and
their lives. It is the rhythm of the song or story.
-is to poetry and the short story is to prose.It deals with any emotion or phrase of life and its
story is told in a simple,straightforward, and realistic manner.
A Metrical Tale is a type of narrative poem that has an absolute acquired story that is usually
in the form of verse or poem. It may be considered a metrical tale if the narrator or the speaker of the
narrative poem speaks in a first-position basis. (not sure try others) by tomodachi