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A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of England, Ireland and Scotland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America.
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ballads century music form often songs popular many used english traditional england opera printed later song 19th tradition broadside narrative
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| Ballad | is a | form of verse | 0.90 | text |
| films | instance of | has been used metaphorically in the titles of other media | 0.80 | text |
| Beowulf | instance of | their theme and function may originate from Scandinavian and Germanic traditions of storytelling that can be seen in poems | 0.80 | text |
| travel to the Fairy Kingdom in the Scots ballad | instance of | even exhibiting some pre-Christian influences in the inclusion of supernatural elements | 0.80 | text |
| Bishop Thomas Percy | instance of | The ballads remained an oral tradition until the increased interest in folk songs in the 18th century led collectors | 0.80 | text |
| the enclosure movement as many of the ballads deal with themes concerning rural laborers | instance of | sometimes associated with the Lancashire-born sixteenth-century minstrel Richard Sheale.It has been suggested that the increasing interest in traditional popular ballads during… | 0.80 | text |
| Chicago | instance of | Satiric elements of ballad opera can be seen in some modern musicals | 0.80 | text |
| Cabaret | instance of | Satiric elements of ballad opera can be seen in some modern musicals | 0.80 | text |
| Ned Kelly | instance of | and outlaws | 0.80 | text |
| as well as love interests | instance of | and outlaws | 0.80 | text |
| more modern fare such as trucking | instance of | and outlaws | 0.80 | text |
| Ballad | related to American ballads | Some | 0.60 | section |
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