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Verse noun - A composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect.
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Wagner composed the text in the style of ancient Germanic poetry, in the alliterative verse form called Stabreim, as, for example, in Walküre:Waffenlos fiel' ichin Feindes Haus!
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You have to follow each verse for each statue, thus leaving a lot of repeating text on your song as an unwanted distraction.
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See here for the full text of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads.They range, as ballads often do, from Fairy Tales in verse form all the way through to accounts of historical events, with historical characters, perhaps a little refined for story form.
Source: Literature / Child Ballads
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