The document defines and discusses the ballad, a type of narrative poem that originated in medieval France. It provides definitions of a ballad from scholars like F.B. Gum, who defined it as a communal, impersonal poem meant for singing that developed through oral tradition. Key characteristics of ballads include being short stories in verse, using colloquial language, having abrupt openings and minimal details, employing dialogue, and sometimes supernatural elements. The document also distinguishes between literary ballads, written by known authors, and traditional or folk ballads, which were developed anonymously and passed down orally over generations.

1. PRESENTATION BY MINKAL ITALIYA

2. WHAT IS BALLAD?
 The word Ballad is of French provenance.
 Ballad comes from the French term “chanson
balladee” .Which means “dancing songs”.
 A Ballad is a narrative poem that originally was set
to music.
 It has first created in medieval france.

3. DEFINATION OF BALLAD
As F.B.Gum has explained
the defination of Ballad as
 “A poem meant for singing quite impersonal in
material, probably connected in its origins with the
communal dance but submitted to a process of oral
traditions among people who are free from literary
influences and fairly homogenous in character.”

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF BALLAD
 Ballad is a short story in a verse
 Its universal appeal
 Use of colloquial language
 Ballad has an abrupt and unexpected opening
 There are no extra details about surrounding
 Dialogue is important element of Ballad
 Use of Ballad stanza
 Use of supernatural elements

5. TYPES OF BALLAD
There are many types of Ballad
 Literary ballad
 Traditional or Folk Ballad
Literary Ballad:
 Literary Ballad is an imitation of folk Ballad. The only
difference between two ballad is the authorship. The
author of literary Ballad is a known personality while the
author of folk Ballad may b a unknown personality or
common man. Samuel Coleridge, Wordsworth and John
Keats are well known poets of ballad. John keat’s “ La
Belle Dame Sans Merci” is a remarkable ballad of
english language.

6. TRADITIONAL OR FOLK BALLAD:
 This type of ballad was developed by anonymous
poets in the ancient times and handed down to next
generations .It has no written form. It is a verbal
form of poetry. We can find the change in this type
of ballad during the course of time and due to
circumstances and conditions.

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