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8. Which poetic form contains three or four stressed syllables per line, an abab or abcb rhyme scheme, and tells a story?

A. Ballad
B. Sonnet
C. Free verse
D. Haiku

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The correct answer is: [A]: "ballad" .
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The correct answer is A. Ballad

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The ballad is a type of poem that tells a story or acts a song for expressing feelings, especially love; this type of poem was very popular from the 15th century to the 19th century in Europe. In terms of structure, ballads commonly include around 13 lines, a strict rhyme scheme that can be abab or abcb and each of the lines includes six or eight syllables which means three or four stressed syllables and three or four unstressed syllables in each line. All of these features make the ballad one of the types of poetry with a strict structure different to free verse or sonnet that can have different structures. According to the previous ideas, the poetic form being described is the ballad.

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