Write your own modern ballad in the style of those produced in
Medieval England. Your musical masterpiece should be at least 5
stanzas long with a definite rhyme scheme. The subject matter you
choose for your ballad is up to you – love, death, or mystery. You
must include at least six of the characteristics from the presentation to
receive full credit.
2. After the ballad, write a brief description of how your ballad fits the
characteristics of those from the Middle Ages; be sure to explain the
specific characteristics that you intended to include (7-10 sentences).
the charachterics
Narrative, tells a story
• Set to music
• Depends heavy on dialogue
• Plot involves domestic tragedy or the supernatural
• No editorializing (personal opinion); has an impersonal tone
• Refrain and repetition
• Set rhyme and meter/syllable pattern (quatrain/4 lines)
• Idioms (“make my bed soon” = death)
• Third person, objective narration
• Set to music
• Depends heavy on dialogue
• Plot involves domestic tragedy or the supernatural
• No editorializing (personal opinion); has an impersonal tone
• Refrain and repetition
• Set rhyme and meter/syllable pattern (quatrain/4 lines)
• Idioms (“make my bed soon” = death)
• Third person, objective narration