Ballad poetry

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde

this is mortality, this is eternity. // What are Years? by Marianne Moore

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John Davidson, (born April 11, 1857, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scot.—died March 23, 1909, Penzance, Cornwall, Eng.), Scottish poet and playwright whose best work shows him a master of the narrative lyrical ballad. After studying at the University of Edinburgh, Davidson became a teacher, meanwhile writing a number of blank-verse dramas that failed to win recognition. In 1890 he went to London, practiced journalism, and wrote novels and short stories to earn a living, finally establishing…

Additional Text: "Ballad of Birmingham" was used to incorporate poetry into the text set. This is a very power poem written from the perspective of a young African American girl who wanted to go to the Freedom March.

"...I never dreamed a sea so deep..." -Allen Ginsberg poem ~ETS

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Poetry is one of the oldest form of art and literature, writing a poem is just like telling a story with a twist, it… by markjason

as good a reason — paris paloma

I He did not wear his scarlet coat, For blood and wine are red, And blood and wine were on his hands When they found him with the dead, The poor dead woman whom he loved, And murdered in her bed. He walked amongst the Trial Men In a suit of shabby grey; A cricket cap was on his head, And his step seemed light and gay; But I never saw a man who looked So wistfully at the day. I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky, And…

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Example of a Ballad

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kinder than man by althea davis ❤️❤️

The Snow It Melts The Soonest, Ballad