What ar some examples of literary ballads?

Answer 1

A 'Ballad' is basically a story poem, but one which tells only the main points of a story. Ballads usually have little or no characterisation, and very limited description of people or places. A ballad just cuts to the chase: like a cartoon or an action film.

In English, many ballads are written in Ballad Metre. But you don't have to write a ballad in Ballad Metre, it is the way you tell the story that makes your poem a ballad.

Southey wrote many ballads. The Inchcape Rock is a good example: a simple story, simply told. Southey gives very little time to describing where the story happens, or what the characters in his story are thinking:- he just gets on with the tale.

Answer 2

Some examples of literary ballads include "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" by John Keats, and "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.

Answer 3

Literary ballads are written in a form of poetry. Some of example of literary ballads include "Rime of an Ancient Mariner", "La Belle Dame sans Merci" and "Tam Lin".