song - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"

minstrelsy - ballads sung by minstrels

poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Edda - either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandanavian mythology