Usage examples "ballad":
- Single simple adjectives thus placed after their substantive, belong to the poetry of England, and especially to the ballad poetry- sighs profound- the leaves green. - "The English Language", Robert Gordon Latham.
- Such, indeed, was the origin of the ballad metre. - "The English Language", Robert Gordon Latham.
- A ballad singer, in a dress of flaming scarlet, sang in the inevitable voice of brass. - "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets", Stephen Crane.
