Question

In four to five sentences compare ballads with other forms of poetry. How are they similar? How are they different?

Answer 1

Ballads are songs of romance and adventure containing short  stanzas. Poems are not songs and they could be of any topic. Basically ballads are MADE of poems, so they can  be similar yet  different. Hope this  helps :)

Answer 2

Ballad poems like most poems tell a story, but more like how epic poems tell their stories. Much like an epic poem a ballad poem is often based on a legend or a folk tale. Ballad poems may take the form of songs and may contain a moral or a lesson. Ballad poems differ from most poems because of its uncomplexed style of structure.

hope that helps if not just google the meaning of a ballad and compare it to other forms of poetry :)