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  2. Ballad - Wikipedia

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    A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dancing songs" ( L: ballare, to dance), yet becoming "stylized forms of solo song" before being adopted in England. [1] As a narrative song, their theme and function may originate from ...

  3. Lyric poetry - Wikipedia

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    Lyric in European literature of the medieval or Renaissance period means a poem written so that it could be set to music—whether or not it actually was. A poem's particular structure, function, or theme might all vary. [10]

  4. List of songs that retell a work of literature - Wikipedia

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    The Black Halo is a concept album based on Faust, Part Two. It is a follow-up to Epica, which was based on Faust, Part One. All 30 tracks are related to Lovecraft or his work. Based on aspects of the works of Moorcock, including Elric and Jerry Cornelius.

  5. Song of Songs - Wikipedia

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    Song of Songs. The Song of Songs ( Biblical Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים‎, romanized: Shīr ha-Shīrīm ), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh. It is unique within the Hebrew Bible: it ...

  6. Double entendre - Wikipedia

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    Double entendres generally rely on multiple meanings of words, or different interpretations of the same primary meaning. They often exploit ambiguity and may be used to introduce it deliberately in a text. Sometimes a homophone can be used as a pun. When three or more meanings have been constructed, this is known as a "triple entendre", etc.

  7. Oral tradition - Wikipedia

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    Oral tradition. Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication in which knowledge, art, ideas and culture are received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. [1] [2] [3] The transmission is through speech or song and may include folktales, ballads, chants, prose or poetry.

  8. Swan song - Wikipedia

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    The swan song ( Ancient Greek: κύκνειον ᾆσμα; Latin: carmen cygni) is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song just before their death while they have been silent (or alternatively not so musical ...

  9. Corrido - Wikipedia

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    Song about the battle of Ciudad Juarez title Toma de Ciudad Juárez. In the Mestizo-Mexican cultural area, the three variants of corrido (romance, revolutionary and modern) are both alive and sung, along with popular sister narrative genres, such as the "valona" of Michoacán state, the "son arribeño" of the Sierra Gorda (Guanajuato, Hidalgo and Querétaro states) and others.