Assertion: ballad | /r/HasProperty | dramatic
Facets:
value: in effect
type: OTHER
value: often
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A ballad should be dramatic -- the lyrics rely on action and dialogue to tell the story; it should be condensed; it starts with the climatic action; and it should be impersonal --
text: A ballad, though narrative, is often dramatic in effect, for it has that condensation which is peculiar to drama, and not the sprawling diffuseness of the epic, whose material would, as Aristotle says, suffice for a number of tragedies.