ballad

Summary

ballad is a literary genre^[1]. ballad ranks in the top 4% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,161 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• ballad's instance of is recorded as literary genre^[3].
• ballad's instance of is recorded as poetic form^[4].
• ballad is a type of literary work^[5].
• ballad is a type of poem^[6].
• ballad is a type of narrative poetry^[7].
• ballad's Commons category is recorded as Ballads^[8].
• ballad's said to be the same as is recorded as ballad^[9].
• ballad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballads^[10].
• ballad's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[11].
• ballad's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• ballad's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[13].
• ballad's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• ballad's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• ballad's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[16].
• ballad's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[17].
• ballad's partially coincident with is recorded as narrative song^[18].
• ballad's different from is recorded as ballade^[19].
• ballad's different from is recorded as ballade^[20].
• ballad's different from is recorded as ballata^[21].
• ballad's practiced by is recorded as balladeer^[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary genre^[3] and poetic form^[4]. Recorded subclass of include literary work^[5], poem^[6], and narrative poetry^[7].

Why It Matters

ballad ranks in the top 4% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,161 views/month).^[2] ballad has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] ballad is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]