1. Ballads were produced by intellectuals and recited or sung in alehouses and at fairs. ( )
2. The word ballad comes from the latin ballare to dance, and in fact these poems were originally
sung to a simple instrumental accompaniment. ( )
3. The popular ballad, written between the 13th and 14th centuries, were collected and later
published by common people. ( )
4. Popular ballads are anonymous narrative poems. They differ from all other types
of narrative
poetry due to a peculiar and effective way of telling their stories. ( )
poetry due to a peculiar and effective way of telling their stories. ( )
5. They deal with one single situation and treat it dramatically. ( )
6. They are impersonal, since the story-teller does not intrude his personality. ( )
7. There is a moralizing of didactic approach. ( )
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