Ballad Research

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to musicc. Ballads were particularly characteristic of Britishh and Irishh popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europee and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides. The form was often used by poets and composerss from the 18th century onwards to produce lyrical ballads. In the later 19th century it took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song and the term is now often used as synonymous with any love song, particularly the pop or rock power ballad.
With this information I knew how to go about classing my song in what genre.