Web Directory

» Ballad
   A cross-cultural history and analysis of the form.
   http://www.cyberspacei.com/jesusi/inlight/art/lit4_3.htm

» Connections: Poetry: Forms: The Ballad
   A four-page description of the form with examples both old and new.
   http://www.math.grin.edu/~simpsone/Connections/Poetry/Forms/ballad1.html

» Poetic Forms: The Ballad
   A description and short history of the form, with examples, by Conrad Geller.
   http://www.writing-world.com/poetry/ballad.shtml

» The Oxford Book of Ballads
   176 selections by the anthologist Arthur Quiller-Couch. Indexed by title and first line.
   http://www.bartleby.com/243/

» The Traditional Ballad Index
   Annotated bibliography of folk ballads.
   http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladSearch.html