Requiem: A Mass for the repose of the s o u l s . o f . t h e . d e a d OR an act or token of remembrance. Ballad: a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of u n k n o w n . a u t h o r s h i p, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture.
