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5 days ago · In literature, short, narrative poem usually relating a single, dramatic event. Two forms of the ballad are often distinguished—the folk ballad, dating from about the 12th century, and the literary ballad, dating from the late 18th century.
1 day ago · This page lists highlights of Edinburgh University Library's collection of poetry manuscripts by Hugh MacDiarmid. There are working materials for collections of poetry, manuscripts and typescripts of individual poems, and examples of MacDiarmid's work as a translator of verse.
4 days ago · The legend of Mulan was the subject of subsequent literary works. It was developed into a novel during the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Mulan also became the heroine of a play by Xu Wei, who called her Hua Mulan. The Ballad of Mulaneulogizes the industry and goodness of the lady, her enthusiasm to protect the nation, as well as her graceful ...
2 days ago · Romanticism is the attitude that characterized works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in the West from the late 18th to the mid-19th century. It emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the imaginative, the personal, the emotional, and the visionary.
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5 days ago · IV. Examples of Ballads in Literature 1.Folk Ballad: "Barbara Allen" "Barbara Allen" is a folk ballad that follows the traditional A B C B rhyme scheme. As is usually the case with traditional ballads, the author of this ballad is unknown because the lyrics have been passed down through oral tradition.
3 days ago · Feud. Literature portal. v. t. e. Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic [1] [2] [3] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings. Any particular instance of poetry is called a poem and is written by a poet.
15 hours ago · La Belle Dame Sans Merci is an example of a narrative poem, or ballad, which tells a story in a rhyming, lyrical style. The poem is composed of six-line stanzas, each composed of two long and four short lines. This creates a distinctive metre, which is interrupted only by the use of alliteration, assonance, and rhetorical questions.
