Oscar Wilde begins his prison meditation, De Profundis, with an aphorism, not the light and witty kind for which his plays are famous, but one which resonates with bleak experience: "Suffering is one ...

Ballads are a form of narrative poetry that tell dramatic stories through a mix of dialogue and narration, often without a first-person perspective. Characterized by repetitive structures, traditional ...

A ballad is a type of poem that was traditionally set to music. The word ‘ballad’ comes from the Latin ‘ballare’ which means to dance – it’s also where the word ‘ballet’ comes from. One sunny day, not ...

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