Jan 22 2009
Literary terms- 3
Ballad- it is a poem with a story, most often set to music so that it can be sung. Themes could vary from the simple folk stories to the mythological, romance to the supernatural. Ballads usually have a simple rhyme and a refrain. “Tears in Heaven” and “Yesterday” are some of the famous modern ballads.
Biography- it is the story of someone’s life usually published as a book or article. Most biographies cover lives of famous people. Although, this need not always be so.
Blank verse- a term referring to unrhymed iambic pentameter used in poetry. John Milton made very good use of the blank verse in “Paradise lost”
