Ballad Of Modern Day Analysis

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“It was in the Martinmas time, when the green leaves were a falling, that Sir John Graeme, in the West Country, fell in love with Barbara Allan.” This line pulls the reader in and wants the reader to read more and find out why and how Sir John Graeme of the West Country, Fell in love with Barbara Allan. It is a line from a ballad named, “Barbara Allan”. A Ballad is a story meant to pull on emotional strings and invoke strong feelings through short musical stanzas. It is passed down orally from generation to generation for everyone to hear. The stories are very simple and non-sophisticated: they draw on emotions rather than complexity. Some topics include murderous acts and desires for revenge, which stirs rage, tragic accidents, and sudden disasters that move people, heroic deeds and quests for honor that bring glory and comfort, and jealous sweethearts and unrequited love that brings empathy. Ballads of today on the other hand, are not so much the same. They are written in different formats, styles, and topics. Ballads of the past and ballads of today have their differences and similarities. …show more content…

They come with a simple beat and rhyme scheme, repeated phrase, and are sung to tell a story. They don’t express sentiment as they mainly focus on what happened rather how someone feels in the ballad. Also, they use dialogue and other questions to further the story. Six centuries ago, people of the British Isles were unable to read and write. However, they enjoyed hearing and telling a good story, some of which survived to be the Folk Ballads we hear today. It is manifested everyone loves listening to music and ballads to this

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