Vote + to improve this toplist's ranking
Report Abuse

Best Ballades

15 items ranked


Rated 0 points - posted 15 years ago by danielleblasko in category Other.
Click on up and down arrows to affect item's ranking



1.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"Carving," by Leny Roovers Report Abuse
6 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -

2.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"A Ballade of Theatricals" by G.K. Chesterton Report Abuse
3 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -

3.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"The Southern Road" by Dudley Randall Report Abuse
3 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"There the black river, boundary to hell,/ And here the iron bridge, the ancient car,/ And grim conductor, who with surly yell/ Forbids white soldiers where the black ones are."
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, 0 points Vote + to improve this comment's ranking Vote - to decrease this comment's ranking

4.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"The Ballad of Dead Ladies" by Francois Villon Report Abuse
3 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"Where's Heloise, the learned nun,/ For whose sake Abeillard, I ween,/ Lost manhood and put priesthood on?/ (From Love he won such dule and teen!)".
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, 0 points Vote + to improve this comment's ranking Vote - to decrease this comment's ranking

5.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"The Ballad of the Hanged Man" by Francois Villon Report Abuse
2 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"Rain has washed us, laundered us,/ and the sun has dried us black./ Worse--ravens plucked our eyes hollow/ and picked our beards and brows."
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, 0 points Vote + to improve this comment's ranking Vote - to decrease this comment's ranking

6.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
A Ballade of Suicide by G.K. Chesterton Report Abuse
2 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"The gallows in my garden, people say,/ Is new and neat and adequately tall./ I tie the noose on in a knowing way/ As one that knots his necktie for a ball... The strangest whim has seized me... After all/ I think I will not hang myself today."
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, -1 points Vote + to improve this comment's ranking Vote - to decrease this comment's ranking

7.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"Ballad Makers" by Algernon Charles Swinburne Report Abuse
2 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"But from thy feet now death has washed the mire,/ Love reads out first at head of all our quire,/ Villon, our sad bad glad mad brother's name."
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, 0 points Vote + to improve this comment's ranking Vote - to decrease this comment's ranking

8.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"Ballade of Dreams" by Rose E. Macaulay Report Abuse
1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -

9.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"Ballade [The goat scratches so much it can't sleep]," by Francois Villon Report Abuse
-1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -

10.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"Ballade [I die of thirst beside the fountain]," by Francois Villon Report Abuse
-1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -

11.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"Tree" by Allen Taylor Report Abuse
-1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -

12.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"The Dance of Death" by Austin Dobson Report Abuse
-1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -

13.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"Ballade of a Ship" by Edwin Arlington Robinson Report Abuse
-1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -

14.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"Ballade of Good Counsel" by Geoffrey Chaucer Report Abuse
-2 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -

15.

Vote + to improve this item's ranking
Vote - to decrease this item's ranking
"A Ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge by John Skelton Report Abuse
-3 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
ShareRanks is about ranking things that are top, most, greatest, or even worst in all categories.
Use arrows to rank one item in versus another.
Top 10 Best Ballades are especially marked