PPT-The Ballad Tradition Why did people sing ballads?

A ballad is a form of verse to be sung or recited Its usually a dramatic episode in simple narrative form Most of the English and Scottish ballads are from the 14 th and 15 th centuries. The ballad stanza is simple to illustrate and recognize and not very hard to describe In its most familiar version the ballad stanza is four lines of alternating fourbeat tetrameter and threebeat trimeter verse with Y W Y Z Island written out here Why did people sing ballads?. A ballad is a form of verse to be sung or recited. It’s usually a dramatic episode in simple narrative form. . Most of the English and Scottish ballads are from the 14. Poetry of the People. Word “ballad” is an Old French term meaning “dancing song”. Subjects of ballads were predictable and sensational. Domestic tragedy, false love, true love, the absurdity of husband-wife relationships, the supernatural. A BALLAD IN MIDDLE ENGLISH. Ballad. a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. .. Middle English ballads were meant to be sung…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Eto6DU_2oI. Ballad. A typical ballad consists of stanzas that contain a quatrain or four poetical lines. . WHAT IS A BALLAD?. A. . ballad is a lively . storytelling. (NARRATIVE) . poem written in what is called the . ballad . stanza. . (QUATTRAIN). ballads tell stories in a particularly lively. , scene-by-scene style. . XIII – XV CENTURIES. Anonymous oral form. which appears in the . late Middle Ages. throughout . Europe.. The . oral mode. makes the . sound aspect. very . important. for the ballad singer because:. MRS. LEACH. British Literature. Unit 2: The . Middle Ages. Instruments of the Middle Ages. link. Ballads. w. ere story poems set to music so that non-readers and non-writers could enjoy sensational events and everyday calamity. Usually they were from an anonymous author and just like Anglo-Saxon works, were spread from singer to singer. The name of this singer was a Troubadour.. XIII – XV CENTURIES. Anonymous oral form. which appears in the . late Middle Ages. throughout . Europe.. The . oral mode. makes the . sound aspect. very . important. for the ballad singer because:. Ballads: Origins . http. ://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_ballad_background.html. The . ballad evolved and grew from several medieval roots, most notably Provencal folk music. .. K. nown . Ballads: Origins . http. ://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_ballad_background.html. The . ballad evolved and grew from several medieval roots, most notably Provencal folk music. .. K. nown . Learning . Objectives. To learn what Ballads are.. To create our Ballads.. In your exercise copy, summarise a story. . D. escribe. any story in three. to six lines. It can be a fairytale, a movie, T.V. Show, book or any tale.. Rhymed verse that is recited or sung, out of local stories and tall tales. During the Middle Ages, balladeers often resembled journalists; ballads often recounted actual events.. Murderous acts and desire for revenge. Date from the 14. th. & 15. th. centuries. Most authors are unknown. First collected and published during the 18. th. century. Folk Ballads:. Rhymed verse that was either recited or sung. Typical topics of Folk Ballads:. By Sam Adams. Jim Croce: . Operator. (Folk Rock). What was studied?. Why is it important?. What is my connection?. Ballads: Modern Definition. Tells a story.. Tends to be cultural or regional.. Follows a quatrain style of alternate rhyming lines. .