Sketch of English Literature with the Lives and Works of the Chief Authors |
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S. M. Du Pré. the origin and construction of the ballad . The ballad belongs to the earliest form of spoken literature , and , Ballad from the derivation of its name from Old French Poetry . baller , means a song sung to the rhythmic ...
S. M. Du Pré. the origin and construction of the ballad . The ballad belongs to the earliest form of spoken literature , and , Ballad from the derivation of its name from Old French Poetry . baller , means a song sung to the rhythmic ...
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... ballad - monger's work at its best is very inferior to the older production of the minstrel . It is the work of the imitator , who introduces moral teaching in a forced manner , and often writes down to the tastes of the people . He no ...
... ballad - monger's work at its best is very inferior to the older production of the minstrel . It is the work of the imitator , who introduces moral teaching in a forced manner , and often writes down to the tastes of the people . He no ...
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... ballad of a different type , a pathetic tale of faith- Mayde . " ful love put to a cruel test , and finally re- warded . A marked characteristic of ballad poetry , reminding us of its rhythmical origin , is the repetition of the same ...
... ballad of a different type , a pathetic tale of faith- Mayde . " ful love put to a cruel test , and finally re- warded . A marked characteristic of ballad poetry , reminding us of its rhythmical origin , is the repetition of the same ...
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