A ballad poem is <span>a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. It is a </span>popular narrative song passed down orally. In the English tradition, it usually follows a form of rhymed (abcb) quatrains<span> alternating four-stress and three-stress lines. Folk (or traditional) ballads are anonymous and recount tragic, comic, or heroic stories with emphasis on a central dramatic event. </span> ANSWER: <span>a long, melodious poem that narrates a story</span>
