i think so

every line xx

either it just has to have a rhyming pattern and rythm

One that can also be used in a story and is easy to understand eg, funny, relates to the students experience!

write it with all your heart.. im sorry to hear about your best friend.. i wrote one for my best friend who died from cancer in 2005.. i wrote it from the heart..

about how u had fun together..

No cause raps aren't always tragic. ;)

no but yes. they kinda are the same because they both rhyme and sometimes raps tell a story just like ballads!! hopefully i have answered your question.

yes it is called sandy denny

Yeah I think so

a ballad is about a story and a poem can be about anything

a ballad and a poem can be the same thing but a ballad is a song that tells a story and can sometimes rhyme

yes called shanghai noon

Yeah i think so look it up on IGoogle

No ther is not.

yes called shanghai noon

Any one can!!!

no one made ballads, in th 1770's people would make them as stories or something to pass down through generations (:

AMRIT SINHA

nobody actually "made" ballads, but they werestarted in england and scotland, homes of the October Fest!!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty sure it's George Washingshwong

charge of the light brigade

I think this is fine, but try to put it your own words.

Songlike poem that tells a story often sad, easy to memorize because of regular steady rhythm, simple rhyme pattern and repeated refrain or chorus

The best topic for a ballad is either about love or adventure. But make sure when you write it that it comes from your heart so it really expesses your emotion, so others can feel exactly how you do.

a love story is common, but if you're in 7th or 8th grade, i recommend something about a dramatic thing in school. or you could use like Shakespeare language:doth, shant.

Anything really. Let it come to you so that way it comes from the heart.

Make it something you have experienced. It will make it much easier to write and remember.

A ballad should be often sad and easy to memorize so just thing about that

about love

A story. You could make it about a true event.

first you have to figure out what song to do.then you have to find the right song for the person the book is for.then you write the song and give them the poem.

They are the same thing. A ballad is a story that is often put to music.

A ballad is a type of poem, but it also known as a slow song(something you would slowdance to).That is why when you write it, it has a tune to it.

a ballads is like a story or a song really.

A ballad is a type of poem that you can put music to.

A ballad a simply a type of poem.

a ballad is a form of poetry, it is a poem.

A ballad is a type of poem.. at least, I think.

There is no difference between a ballad and a poem. A ballad is one of the many types of poetry

there isnt one
a ballad is a type of poem

ballad is a type of a poem

its your choice!!!!!

a lot however many you want

you can have as many as you want!

A ballad can consist of however many stanzas you would like it to.

it doesnt matter

only if you want to

your choice

Ballads do not require onomatopoeia, but you can add them if you like.

If you want them to.

they can.

yeah,you can use

yh just relax and listen to ur heart not ur head

first look up shakesphere's books. try to read into his feelings, then think of what it says to you.

ABCB is the traditional format of a ballad. (I think)

it could be ababab or abcbabcb

abac, aabb, or acbc

aabbccddeeff

The rhyming scheme of a balad would be rhyming couplets. it think this answers your quetion

you dont need to have a sertin rythm for the ballad you make up your own.

of course not

no it is not!

It's a poem

aabb or acbc or abab

either or what ever you want

aabba or abcb

an example of a bad rhyme

It is an onomatopoeia.

something funny

yes! DON'T

do it big and fun

in this context, MUSIC ARTISTS ARE NOT BALLAD WRITERS!

harry chapin

shakespeare

John Greenleaf Whittier

often have verses of four lines
usually have a rhyming pattern: either abac or aabb or acbc (usually the easiest to rhyme)
repetition often found in ballads
entire stanzas can be repeated like a song's chorus
lines can be repeated but each time a certain word is changed
a question and answer format can be built into a ballad: one stanza asks a questions and the next stanza answers the question
Ballads contain a lot of dialogue.
Action is often described in the first person
Two characters in the ballad can speak to each other on alternating lines
Sequences of "threes" often occur: three kisses, three tasks, three events, for example

evanesene, celiene dion,brad parisley. bon jovi......

Does not matter

I think they are six to eight

I think they are six to eight

it doesent matter if you were writing a haku it would be 575

thats true

i think its 7 5 7

i dont think they need a certain amount of sylables

7

It dosent matter how many syllables are in a line of a ballad.

It doesn't matter, really. Just choose abab, abba, or acbc.

Whatever You Think Sounds Right

acbc

Think of someting like a story

with words ;-)

* often have verses of four lines
* usually have a rhyming pattern: either abac or aabb or acbc (usually the easiest to rhyme)
* repetition often found in ballads
o entire stanzas can be repeated like a song's chorus
o lines can be repeated but each time a certain word is changed
o a question and answer format can be built into a ballad: one stanza asks a questions and the next stanza answers the question
* Ballads contain a lot of dialogue.
* Action is often described in the first person
* Two characters in the ballad can speak to each other on alternating lines
* Sequences of "threes" often occur: three kisses, three tasks, three events, for example

aabc or aabb

anything you want it to be. You are the writer, you make the choices.

First line - A
Second line - B
Third line - A
Forth line - B
so on

6-7 versis

you have to write more than 6 verses

noooooooooooooo

it came from john the king from a decree in 1846 in england

A ballad is usually short and to the point, but it can be longer

4

2

it has to be about someones life.

yes

no

yes

no but they do normally rhyme

The whole thing does not have to rhyme, but it must have some rhyming in it!

yes it does have to rhytm like for example it should rhytm with line1 and line3 through out the poem or line2 and line4

yes

no

yes

yes

abcb

no but sand and hand rhyme

no not at all

no, but they do display assonance, which is a sound device similar to a rhyme

no

no it doesn't. if you need help just go to rhymezome.com

no

no, but sad, mad, and glad rhyme. :)

yes it does

no

no

no

no

no

that would be considered a half rhyme

aabb (Twinkle twinkle little star (a), How I wonder what you are (a), Up above the world so high (b), Like a diamond in the sky (b), Twinkle twinkle little star (a), How I wonder what you are (a). Hope this helps!

baba

story

aabb

aabb

aabb

nursery ryme

babe

abaabbab

aabb (Twinkle twinkle little star (a), How I wonder what you are (a), Up above the world so high (b), Like a diamond in the sky (b), Twinkle twinkle little star (c), How I wonder what you are (c). Hope this helps!

Yea, it's an aabb

ummm anything really

Ballads are simply stories told in verse. Ergo, anything goes. Funny, sad, whatever you want! As long as it has a narrative you're all good!

It can be about herosim or tragedy.

making sure you have a rhyming pattern and questions and answers with first person

home

Anything, just as long as its rhythmic

the word ballad comes from the french word 'ballares'

ballads come from things which happened in the past or from stories. they usually have a moral built into them and are usually written in a poem-like song form.

why do it have to rhyme

yes

yeah there could be rhyming

yes

yes

Yes and No

only a small bit of it is rhymihg

yea

nahhh its too up beat!! acually i dunno maybe??!!

yes

yes,i think it is because it has 4 line stanzas with roughly 7 words in each line.

No I don't think so. :D

Yes

yes

love mostly

you write of stories or things which happened in the past in a poem-like song form.

a story

mostly the dialogues between two persons

a story

a story

It's basically a story about anything. It can be about death, the fate of lovers, tragedy, love, etc

Berry White

a sad story

a story, and there has to be repitition and a chorus in it

something that u love

You write a story in poetry or song form, it was used to pass folk laws and the likes through generations :) hope that's helped

an event

Depends on the writer.

ballads are poems that are sung and read with music and or feeling put into them

its not necessarily sad people, they just have sad stories.

Berry White

ballads are about sad stories most of the time... so maybe thats why they seem like sad people

beause it is a way to express there feeings in song

not all people who write ballads are sad its judt a way they express their feeling

The boy gazed in great excitment falling in great pain

i got fat, so my boyfriend cheated on me

excited

sad

it an be happy sad depressed anything you want it to be

both

it doesnt matter

it can be both; whatever topic you want it to be on.

make it from the prespective of one of his parents, get ideas from the "ballad of Birmingham" by:Dudley Randall

nope

no

Wild rose- nick cave and kylie

ode to billy joe

One - Metallica

Hurricane

the ballad of bonnie clyde

the ballad of john and yoko

2pac

Metallica

linkin park

francois villon

linkin park

no

I would say that most ballabs do but not all of them

it would be said "do ballads always talk about tragic love?" and no the don't

no not really, depends on the writer himself

No

you have all the tools you write your own ballad. give it a try!

NO

war

no

4

if you mean sylablles it would normally be:
6,5,6,5 or 7,6,7,6

actually there are two different common meters in a Ballad 4,4,4,4 and 4,3,4,3

5 sorry not 8

8

fourteen

A ballad is usually about a tragic event like a murder or love. The main rhyming schemes are a,b,a,c/a,b,c,b.
I also think that by beats you mean syllables, so normally it would be 5,6,5,6/7,6,7,6

a ballad is a poem so just use
the pic in ur mind then describe it in a poem

look on the ballad writing tips

A ballad poem is mainly sad, with a set pattern... say.. ABABCC...
Also, each line has 5 beats.

for the most part, current songs still use rhyming schemes like abac, aabb, or acbc. Although it's not quite current, Nightmare on My Street by The Fresh Prince (Will Smith) is a good example. Also the theme to Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

free writing. no rules. no rhyming scheme no stanzas or # of lines. everything is entirely up to u. u can indent when u want, pause when u want. as far as grammar is concerned u can do it how u want

a verse that doesnt rhyme.... but im not completely sure

yes

Well............. i think so
it sounds like on any way

yes

yes

yes

yes

of course it is

no

Many ballads were never written; they were passed along orally. Hence, there are many versions of the same basic ballad

because they were written in the early 1800's.

Because the ballads were sung for entertainment, they weren't written down. Many people knew them as a result, the origin was often unclear

Since ballads were the literature of the common folk,many of these ballads record events that the commoners knew about because they were servants in the households of the aristocracy or were involved in. Just as "urban legend" have developed over the years, these ballads exaggerate events of the day.

tell stories for entertainment

to make songs

Each spoken word has syllables. These syllables have accented and unaccented syllables (check a dictionary if you are unsure). The heavily accented syllables are stressed.

they are really hard to write silly

when you put emphasis on a word/s in each line of a verse

Its like writting a story you should decide on something that would relate to your ballad

A good opening should be from the heart. Hope this helps.

oh i do love some yellow cheese
its a good start i think

It depends on what type of story you wish to tell in your poem, you might start with, quoting Edgar Allan Poe,"once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary," or something more cheerful such as " Faraway, there she lay, the graceful lady of Ah Shalott" it all depends on what your topic is, its like a setting for your poem, an introduction.

It can start with introducing the main character or the story of the poem like writing about romeo and juliet can start with :
" Romeo and Juliet, a tragic and a love story
two teenagers fall in love
through tragic events
like two inseparable doves

yes, there is no limit to how many lines you have in the verse of a ballad

no there is actually a rule for ballads. 4 lines in a verse 1st line 8 syllables, 6 syllables. 8 syllables, 6 syllables

yeah

yes you can it would be better

i think yes

What ever you think is acceptable.:)

yes sir ee

no

Although most have four, five is acceptable :)

yep

Of course!!!

yeah duh!!!

yes.

yes

LOVE

In the middle ages many ballads were about love, death by murder,death by accident, physical courage and revenge.

LOVE <3

romance and tragedy

love

Crime,explosions,Tradegy,Romance,Wars And Mystery Also Comedy

tragedy comedy is not one

comedy

Mothers

Mostly love, tragedy, and history

humour.emotions.love

LOVE is a big one
also loss can be one

love,felling,story.

the rhythm, rhyme, and the sequencing of the event

its a story in the form of a poem

The history of it.

rhyms(usuall abab), mystery, no desctriptions, tragic endings(usually death)

167bc

1919

early 1200's

edward, of course. :)

edward

edward

Edward

EDWARD???????

Edward

Edward

christiphor columbus maybe?

Celtic cultures(Mostly Scotland)

Scandinavian and germanic traditions

depends on the rhyming scheme that you choose

it can be the first and the second, third and the fourth, or first and the third, second and the fourth, but commonly its the second and the fourth

the forth

That is a good idea. Try it.

well i think we all could but the thing that stops us is love thats what we can never explain.

ofcourse they can.

the origins of ballads is verry simple. the ballad origin is the late middle ages in europe

a ballad isn't the easiest poem to write, it's one of the easiest to read and remember because of the way it flows, but because of the required rhyme scheme, it makes it more difficult

because it can be sung and the rythm usually flows better which makes it easier to write

It is not the easiest poem.
Limericks and Haikus are much, much easier to write!

Just like any story, the minstrel or troubador might alter the contents to fit his audience and the time. As the story/ ballad is told over and over, the words change.

Ballads are poems that tell a story, they can range form about four stanzas to about five pages of stanzas! take "the raven" by edgar allan poe for an example. Ballads are enjoyable to write and most(if not all) should rhyme, i personally think it is quite easy to write seeing as it does not have such strict rules unlike haikus etc.

i do not know the exact date of it but as i have read and under my survey it was a dating back to 940 A.D.,.,

how much you love her and all she has done for you

of course

yes

Yep, that's true :S

Y-E-S what's that spells? YES

yes

Yes it is true!!!!

uhuh

yes that's true !!

yup

yes

yes it is

if they rhyme

Read and see which lines rhyme with which lines

look at the lines that ryhme

See which lines with which and which ones don't

There are two types of sonnets, Shakesperian Sonnets and Italian sonnets. Sonnets have fourteen lines,each line has ten syllables, stress, unstress and so-on ( five of each). Sonnets also rhyme

A Day Out With The Family

The Gothic Ballad
I walk carelessly down the dark road
My heavy black boots constantly clicking
Clicking on the cold cement
My long black and velvet Trench coat
Billowing in the slight breeze
My Chest slightly rising under my tight corset
My chains on my pants jingling together
As I walk down this Moon lit road
Staring up at the midnight moon
This is the ballad
The ballad of the lost
Of the silent warriors
Of the people you pass by and call freaks
Of the people
Who will save your soul
For our souls are pure
Our souls sing this ballad
The ballad of the night
The ballad of the pure hearts
Ankoku Gekido

This question has already been asked. Please see the bold links above titled "Example Ballads".

Tom Glazer

no not really but if u want to yea

it can be freeverse

no not necessarily

can you explain that more clearly?

most ballads are expressed through emotion. so there are many versions of ballads based off of how the writer is feeling. some ballads are made up while most deal with real life.

sometimes 8stanzas if long, like jesse james or 4to3 stanzas if short

ballads can be any length. most are usually 3 to 4 stanzas.

A ballad is usually 16 lines

yes

Yes, or as someone said below, telling a story. But it's song-like.

love stories, history that has love and tragic in it, or relationships. there are lots of things you could write about to make a deep heartfelt ballad.

how you wish life would be

life, relationship problems, love.

love, a misdoing from someone or to someone, breaking a heart, tragedy, it can be any topic as long as it has emotion and tells a story.

one about your true feelings for someone you admire or your most simplest crush

yes

well... yeah sometimes.. =O

Nopeeee x

no. dialogues are not necessary in ballads. you can have them if you want but be careful where you put them.

no

no but it builds tension

no but you can have them speaking

no

no

no they can also tell a story

nope

the song a dream is a wish the heart makes by disney, hero by mariah carey

ones with a beat and a rhythm.

song-like ones

in songs

Take a look at the two bold links above and below the ballad writing tips.

Take a look at the two bold links above and below the Ballad Writing Tips.

you could just write the website

I think each example is written by a different person.

there are usually 4 but they can vary

four or over

IT MAY VARY!!!!!!!!!!

as many as u want!!!!!!

Usually 4, but can be more/less.

it all depends on your topic most of the time at least four

at least one!!

5-10

as many as u want!!!!!! :):P:O:D

there are atleast 4.
(:

at least 4

can vary

a song-like poem

a poem-like song,

aabbccaddddddabca

aa bb cc a ddddd a b c

aabbccadddddabc

AABBCCADDDDDDABC... Actually

a a b b c c a d d d d d a b c. that is allright no thanks needed! :P

AABBCCADDDDDABC