Ballad
Ballad noun - A short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment.
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Narrative poem and ballad are semantically related in art topic. In some cases you can use "Narrative poem" instead a noun "Ballad".
Narrative poem
Ballad and narrative poem are semantically related in art topic. You can use "Ballad" instead a noun phrase "Narrative poem".
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- A shorter narrative poem that uses stanzas is a ballad (especially if it is set to music)
Source: Narrative Poem aka: Epic Poem -
Chesterton featured Alfred as the hero of his long narrative poem, The Ballad of the White Horse.
Source: Useful Notes / Alfred The Great -
Soviet officials were so enraged by Service's narrative poem The Ballad of Lenin's Tomb that he wasn't just branded as "anti-Soviet" or "anti-Communist" - his name and poetry were forbidden to mention at all.
Source: Un-Person
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