ballad
noun
a long poem that tells a story
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a type of poetry that has a regular pattern of sounds but does not have lines that rhyme
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a short poem or sentence that expresses something such as a feeling or idea in a short and clever or funny way
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a piece of writing using beautiful or unusual language arranged in fixed lines that have a particular beat and often rhyme
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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