Ballad and Narrative

Ballad

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

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

Nearby Words: balladry, ballade

Narrative noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

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Ballad and narrative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ballad" instead a noun "Narrative".

full	full ballad	full narrative
long	long ballad	long narrative
short	short ballad	short narrative
complete	complete ballad	complete narrative
Other adjectives: standard, original, popular, real, serious, dark, straightforward, heroic, dramatic, traditional, fictional, comic.

A shorter narrative poem that uses stanzas is a ballad (especially if it is set to music)

Source: Narrative Poem aka: Epic Poem
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: The ballad is used as a narrative device which the characters don't hear for the most part, but the part one cliffhanger has Steven and Dodo performing it.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S3 E8 "The Gunfighters"
Chesterton featured Alfred as the hero of his long narrative poem, The Ballad of the White Horse.

Source: Useful Notes / Alfred The Great

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