New England Lyrics Analysis

The first genre I picked is the Ballad which is a narrative song that came from New England having originally been brought to the Americas by immigrants from the British Isles. Someone who sings a ballad is basically a storyteller. The ballad is written as a poem but is intended to be sung. There are two important characteristics of ballads. The first is incremental repletion which is the repetition of one or more lines with small but significant variations that advance the action. The other is the ballad stanza which is four lines. The folk ballad is mostly anonymous and the presentation impersonal. I personally like ballads due to them telling stories. These stories can tell about many different aspects of life including love or death. For example, the song “Barbry Allen” tells a story of a young man dying for the love of Barbara Allen. Barbara at first only scorns him. Upon hearing the church bells of his funeral, she finally realizes that she regrets her decision. She then dies of heartbreak to be buried right beside the man. …show more content…
Many of these are derived from British folk music in New England. Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. Lyricist is the name the writer of lyrics is called. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Lyrics include several different types including the following: love songs, ceremonial songs, folk hymns, and many more. Lyric songs typically tell emotions or moods differently than ballads. Lyric Songs are also a favorite of mine. This is because of the different way to tell about something. Lyrics are different than ballads because they do not just tell exactly what the story is and is more private. Many of the songs we listen to today are lyric