Is a ballad a poem?

Ballad poems are poems that tell a story similar to folk tales or legends and often have a repeated refrain.

a ballad poem is about something that's sad.

Ballads are poems or songs narrating a story in short stanzas. Ballads are most likely narrative story in short stanzas. A poem is a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and...

Sir Patrick Spens (traditional), Miss Gee (Auden), Frankie and Johnny (traditional),

"All in the merrye month of May, When greene buds they were swellin, Yong Jemmye Grove on his death-bed lay, For love of Barbara Allen." Excerpt from "Barbara Allen" by an unknown author