The Ballad of the Oysterman
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.’s “The Ballad of the Oysterman” tells a haunting tale of love, jealousy, and loss along a moonlit river.
Form
ballad
2 poems
ballad
La Belle Dame sans Merci
A modern ballad of enthrallment and warning, “La Belle Dame sans Merci” leaves desire stranded where no birds sing.