The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: Here are the characteristics of a ballad.
A song that tells a story.
Concentrates on a single episode.
Deals with material of universal appeal.
Uses vocabulary of everyday speech.
Includes dialogue.
Lack of specific detail.
Has an abrupt ending.
Includes some sort of refrain or repeated line.
Rarely moralizes.
A) 4 line stanzas
B) First and third lines have four stresses
C) Second and fourth lines have three stresses
D) ABCB rhyming pattern