Write a short essay (200–400 words) comparing the two versions of the poem, considering the following questions:

How does the meter of the poem change, if at all, when it is presented in song form?
Does the original poem have a meter that lends itself well to song lyrics?
How, if at all, is the poem changed or presented differently as a song?
Why might the artist have made changes to the poem?
Does the poem take on a different meaning in song form than in poetic form?
Structure your essay into an introduction, body, and conclusion. Make sure your essay focuses on a main idea, includes precise language to clarify ideas, and is written in a formal style. Use textual evidence, including scansion, to support your ideas.

Explanation:

Ballad

Are you familiar with the term "ballad"? You probably are, because people sometimes refer to songs - particularly romantic ones - as ballads. In fact, ballad poems are frequently sung - or at least they are intended to be sung - and are often about love.

Usually, these ballads tell a story, often of a mystical nature. Just as a song does, ballads tend to have a refrain that repeats at various intervals throughout.

Guido Cavalcanti's "Ballad" and Sir Walter Raleigh's "As You Came from the Holy Land" both demonstrate the musical quality of the ballad. As an excerpt from Raleigh's poem demonstrates:

As you came from the holy land

Of Walsinghame,

Met you not with my true love

By the way as you came ?

How shall I know your true love,

That have met many one,

As I went to the holy land,

That have come, that have gone?

What Are Different Types of Poems?

Poems are collections of words that express an idea or emotion that often use imagery and metaphor. As you are studying literature, you will likely notice that poems come in many, many different forms. As you read and perhaps write your own poems, it is helpful to know the different kinds of poems.

Types of Poems

There are many different types of poems. The difference between each type is based on the format, rhyme scheme and subject matter.

Examples

Allegory - "Time, Real and Imaginary" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Ballad - "As You Came from the Holy Land" by Sir Walter Raleigh

Blank verse - "The Princess" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Burlesque - "Hudibras" by Samuel Butler

Cacophony - "The Bridge" by Hart Crane

Canzone - "A Lady Asks Me" by Guido Cavalcanti

About Some of the Types of Poems

Ballad

Are you familiar with the term "ballad"? You probably are, because people sometimes refer to songs - particularly romantic ones - as ballads. In fact, ballad poems are frequently sung - or at least they are intended to be sung - and are often about love.

Usually, these ballads tell a story, often of a mystical nature. Just as a song does, ballads tend to have a refrain that repeats at various intervals throughout.

Guido Cavalcanti's "Ballad" and Sir Walter Raleigh's "As You Came from the Holy Land" both demonstrate the musical quality of the ballad. As an excerpt from Raleigh's poem demonstrates:

As you came from the holy land

Of Walsinghame,

Met you not with my true love

By the way as you came ?

How shall I know your true love,

That have met many one,

As I went to the holy land,

That have come, that have gone?

Elegy

Because poems can express a wide variety of emotions, there are sad forms of poetry as well as happy ones. One of these sad forms is known as an elegy.

Elegies express a lament, often over the death of a loved one. This makes elegies especially popular for funerals. Some elegies are written not only to be read out loud; they can be put to music and sung.

Alfred Tennyson's "In Memoriam" is an elegy to a close friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, and was written over 20 years:

Strong Son of God, immortal Love,

Whom we, that have not seen thy face,

By faith, and faith alone, embrace,

Believing where we cannot prove;

Thine are these orbs of light and shade;

Thou madest Life in man and brute;

Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot

Is on the skull which thou hast made.

a.) it provides a clue to solve the mystery.