Ballad
A short narrative poem with stanzas of two or four lines and usually a refrain. The story of a ballad can originate from a wide range of subject matter but most frequently deals with folk-lore or popular legends. They are written in straight-forward verse, seldom with detail, but always with graphic simplicity and force. Most ballads are suitable for singing and, while sometimes varied in practice, are generally written in ballad meter, i.e., alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, with the last words of the second and fourth lines rhyming.
She sat and wondered
looking up at the stars
resting her weary mind
far from the sound of cars
The wind whispered her name
and brought magic to the night
the stars twinkled into shapes
and the stars seemed to burn bright
She sat and wondered
looking up at the stars
resting her weary mind
far from the sound of cars
In this night she was with friends
this night that seemed like a metaphor
She watched it dance by
and wondered if it was actually a lore
She was detached from the night
lost in her mind
Where the stars burn bright
and the heavens unwind.