English

Zaniyah Hardin

22 April, 16:20

Read the following stanzas

O, my luve's like a red, red rose

That's newly sprung in June;

O, my luve's like the melody

That's sweetly played in tune

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

So deep in luve am I;

And I will luve thee still, my dear

'Till a' the seas gang dry.

Which characteristics indicate that these two stanzas are in ballad form?

A.) The use of nonsense language

B.) The rhyming of the second and fourth lines of each stanza

C.) The subject matter of the poem

D.) The number of words in each stanza