Anna AgostiPaolo Contini

Anna Giuseppina MontaniMartina PallastrelliJacopo Stendardo

Luca Verbini2 AL “Mattei”

A. s. 2012/2013

To be sung and used to express basic human

emotions and supernaturals words

Basic structural units•The line•The stanza•The canto or book

Commons types of stanzaCoupletTercetQuatrainSestet (a six-line stanza)OctaveThree important elementsSoundLayoutThe way it uses language

In general …

For example:

Quhy dois zour brand sae drap wi’ bluid,Edward, Edward?Quhy dois zour brand sae drap wi’ bluidAnd quhy sae sad gang zee, o?

(Edward)

A stanza formed by four lines (Quatrain)

SoundAssonance: the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants. For example: And why sae sad gang ye, O? (Edward) Alliteration: the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables. For example:The Soul Selects her own Society.

Onomatopeia: the formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. For example: Crunch, crack, bang…

Rhythm and stressRefrain: a phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza.

Rhyme: a poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines. For example: Never mind, I'll find someone like you, I wish nothing but the best for you, too. (Someone like you -Adele)

The medioeval ballad “Edward”

The plot:It’ s a dialogue: the mother asks her son about the blood on

his sword. Initially, the son replies that first he killed his hawk, then his horse, but the mother doesn’t believe him. After that he confesses of having killed his father. The son

decides he will go away from his house and so decides who to leave his wealth. He leaves his mother the curse of hell.

Metrical patterns:There are many repetitions:

in each stanza the first line is the same as the third line. There are 13 stanzas formed by four lines.

Edward.docx

The modern balladSomeone like you – Adele

The song is a dialogue and it presents a Refrain and rhymes: I wish nothing but the best for you, too, Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said, "Sometimes it lasts in love, But sometimes it hurts instead," Sometimes it lasts in love, But sometimes it hurts instead.

"Someone Like You" was written and produced by Adele and an American songwriter. In particular, the singer imagines to find the now 40 year-old-man she still loves, discovering him happy with a wife and children.

Someone like you.docx

Just the way you are- Bruno Mars

She’s so beautifulAnd I tell her every day

When I see your faceThere’s not a thing that I

would changeCause you’re amazingJust the way you areAnd when you smile,

The whole world stops and stares for awhile

Cause girl you’re amazing

Just the way you are

Just the way you are.docx

Refrain

‘’Just the way you are’’ is a song written by the American singer Bruno Mars. In the song the artist wants to tell his girlfriend that he loves her exactly the way she is. He praises her hair, her eyes, her smile. He’s really in love with her and he tells her girlfriend that every day and on every occasion. In the song we can find the characteristics of the typical ballad: there are strophes, a refrain and the topic of love.