the features of the Middle Ages ballad?

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and types of it, if there are any

Answer 1

In the Middle Ages ballads were how people talked about their own lives.

Ballads are lyrical recordings of events of the past. Ballads can be heroic, satirical, romantic, political, or catastrophic.

They are stories written as poems and often set to music to be sung.

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Answer 2

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"ballad, in literature, short, narrative poem usually relating a single, dramatic event. Two forms of the ballad are often distinguished—the folk ballad, dating from about the 12th cent., and the literary ballad, dating from the late 18th cent."

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