Help me write a narrative ballad with strong storytelling. Story to tell: {{story}} Setting: {{setting}} Central characters: {{characters}} Ballad structure: - Quatrains with ABAB or ABCB rhyme - Alternating tetrameter and trimeter lines - Refrain that deepens with each return - Dramatic dialogue where characters speak - Incremental repetition building tension Compose: 1. Opening stanza that sets the scene 2. Rising action through 3-4 stanzas 3. Climactic moment with dialogue 4. Resolution or haunting ending 5. Refrain woven throughout Annotate the traditional ballad techniques used.
Ballad Storytelling Structure
Traditional ballad composition with narrative arc and folk structure.
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