Ballad - For Students
Undoubtedly the most famous Australian ballad it 'The Man from Snowy River' by Banjo Paterson.
From: http://www.underdown.org/poetry-formats.htm
The ballad stanza is also one of the most popular forms of poetry for children. A ballad stanza is a group of four lines. That group is called a stanza. The ballad stanza has a rhyme at the end of line number two and line number four.
The Bee Poem
A poem is a busy bee
Buzzing in your head.
His hive is full of hidden thoughts
Waiting to be said.
His honey comes from your ideas
That he makes into rhyme.
He flies around looking for
What goes on in your mind.
When it's time to let him out
To make some poetry,
He gathers up your secret thoughts
And then he sets them free.
Some good examples of ballads can be located here, and a creative 'how to' can be found here.
An example of a 7 Year old Poet Olivia Binfield reciting her poem is here.
