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folk ballads a narrative poem, intended to be sung and without a known author. Main features are: -Four-line stanzas in which the second and fourth lines rhyme -Repeated key phrases or a regularly repeated section, called a refrain -Dialogue dialect a form of a language, spoken by people in a particular region or group aldermen n. chief officers in a shire, or district enquiry n. question; investigation succor v. help; aid; relieve certify v. declare a thing true or accurate; verify; attest remnant n. what is left over; remainder; residue ransacked v. searched through for plunder; pillaged; robbed asunder adv. into parts or pieces assault v. violently attack