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Ballad Narrative Song Traditionally Communicated Orally Form Abcb

Question Ballad
Answer a narrative song which is traditionally communicated orally, usually following the form of ABCB rhyming quatrains
There is a separation between traditional folk ballads and more ‘literary’ ballads, which began to originate in the renaissance.

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