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» A Ballade of Suicide
   A humorous example of the form by G.K. Chesterton.
   http://chesterton.org/gkc/poet/suicide.htm

» Ballade of the Hanged
   Francois Villon's epitaph in both English and French, with a description of the form and a short biography of the poet.
   http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.com/2000/09/ballade-of-hanged-villon-epitaph.html

» Francois Villon: Ballades
   Two by the early master of the form, one translated by Rossetti and one by Swinburne.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/villon1.html

» Poetry Form - The Ballade
   A description of the form with instructions on how to write one.
   http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/ballade.htm

» The Ballade
   A description of the form with numerous examples, both ancient and modern.
   http://www.world-class-poetry.com/Ballade.html