The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volumes 1-4William Rose Benét |
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... ballad . An old narrative song , chiefly of popular origin , of which the refrain is a promi- nent feature . Ballads are written in so - called ballad meter , i.e. , in alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter , as in ...
... ballad . An old narrative song , chiefly of popular origin , of which the refrain is a promi- nent feature . Ballads are written in so - called ballad meter , i.e. , in alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter , as in ...
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... ballad . Eng- lish and Scottish Popular Ballads ( 5 vols . , 1883-1898 ) . See also George Lyman KIT- TREDGE . Child , Richard Washburn ( 1881-1935 ) . American writer and diplomat . U.S. Ambassa- dor to Italy ( 1921-1924 ) . Wrote many ...
... ballad . Eng- lish and Scottish Popular Ballads ( 5 vols . , 1883-1898 ) . See also George Lyman KIT- TREDGE . Child , Richard Washburn ( 1881-1935 ) . American writer and diplomat . U.S. Ambassa- dor to Italy ( 1921-1924 ) . Wrote many ...
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... BALLAD of the " domestic relations " type , considered one of the best examples of its form . Through a dramatic dialogue structure , the bitter ha- tred of Edward , a son who has killed his fa- ther , is revealed to be directed against ...
... BALLAD of the " domestic relations " type , considered one of the best examples of its form . Through a dramatic dialogue structure , the bitter ha- tred of Edward , a son who has killed his fa- ther , is revealed to be directed against ...
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