What is a ballad? Is this poem a ballad? - Vidyadip

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What is a ballad? Is this poem a ballad?

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A ballad is a song narrating a story in short stanzas. Ballads are part of the folk culture and are passed on orally from one generation to another. The poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ is also a ballad as it contains the story of an old selfish woman.

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