what does structure mean when writing an essay on ballads
If you mean structure of the essay, that refers to how you organize your paragraphs within your paper. Are you following a comparison/contrast pattern? Are you explicating the poem? What you are writing about determines how you structure (organize) your essay.
If you mean the structure of the poem, that refers to the lines, meter/rhythm, and rhyme of the poem itself.
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