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A ballad is a poem which tells a story, there are three different types of ballad, literary, broadside and folk ballads. These all have a very strong narrative, contain strong characters and contain emotional political or social events or issues. Broadside ballads were very similar to the newspapers of today, the issues were mainly based on news and the language was simple, similar of that of tabloid newspapers to this day. These ballads were sometimes anonymous because they contained contervisal issues and political issues so therefore the author could be killed if the authorities disagreed. Broadside ballads were written on one large piece of paper called a broadside. Also they were entertaining but covered serious issues too. Some broadside ballads I looked at including ''Danny Deever'' by Rudyard Kipling during 1890, ''Clever Tom Clinch Going to Be Hanged'' by Jonathon Swift in 1726 and ''The Battle Of Ned Ludd'' in 1812....

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