splendid poems

 What is a ballad? Basically, a ballad is a type of poem, which tells a story in the form of verse. Back in the times ballads were set to music. A ballad can be motivational, emotional and fictional, it can cover topic such as love, death and fiction. there are three types of a ballad; Traditional Ballad Broadside Ballad Literary Ballad A typical ballad; Contains four lines in one stanza Contains a rhyme scheme ABCB Is written in common meter, which consists of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter with lines of iambic trimeter. Tells a story  Below given is an example of a ballad; A tiny goldfish swimming in a glass bowl. Goldfish   So gracefully it goes tip to bottom, The lithe fragile frame of the goldfish, Labyrinthine like a penguin it waddles; When the cat’s paw reaches for a scrumptious dish.   The milieu here is serene not like the world, The world is huge, my little home is so, My chants and songs are just bubbly words, The world is round, my tiny k...