Ballad and Epic poem

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Ballad noun - A short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment.

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Epic poem and ballad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Epic poem" instead a noun "Ballad".

Nearby Words: balladry, ballade

Epic poem noun - A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.

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Ballad and epic poem are semantically related. You can use "Ballad" instead a noun phrase "Epic poem".

Bawdy Song: Shea and Chalmers are forced to recite an epic poem or else be killed, but the closest thing that either one of them has memorized is The Ballad of Eskimo Nell.

Source: Literature / Harold Shea
Before the gods that made the gods,Had seen their sunrise pass,The White Horse of the White Horse ValeWas cut out of the grass— Opening Lines The Ballad of the White Horse is a 1911 epic poem by G. K.

Source: Literature / The Ballad of the White Horse
Chesterton's epic poem The Ballad of the White Horse Colan of Caerleon kills the Danish Prince Harold with a thrown sword—the problem of not having a sword is then fixed as his fellow commanders compete to give him their own swords to replace it.

Source: Throwing Your Sword Always Works

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