read this stanza from greensleeves. alas, my love, you do me wrong to cast me off discourteously, and i have loved you for so lo
ng, delighting in your company. which characteristics of a ballad does this stanza have? a. the stanza contains a metaphor and an alliteration. b. there is a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme. c. a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. d. the stanza contains a metaphor and simile.
The characteristics of a ballad that this stanza has, in my opinion, is B) there is a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme. A and D aren't correct because there are no metaphor, alliteration, or similes, and C is incorrect because this person is human.
The two associated ideas that the author (Carson McCullers) relate from story "Loneliness" is the creation of individual identity and the need of people to belong in something. The story actually talks about how Americans do not like to be lonely or isolated.