Create storytelling ballads in the folk tradition with memorable refrains.
Compose a narrative ballad telling the story of [CHARACTER/EVENT/LEGEND]. Follow ballad conventions: quatrain stanzas (ABAB or ABCB rhyme), alternating 4-stress and 3-stress lines, a repeating refrain that deepens in meaning, dialogue to dramatize key moments, incremental repetition building tension, supernatural or dramatic elements (traditional to the form), a tragic or morally instructive ending. Create 8-12 stanzas that tell a complete, compelling story.
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