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Meaning of BALLADE

Pronunciation:  bu'lâd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
 
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 See Also: poem, verse form

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bal*lade"\, n. [See {Ballad}, n.]
A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in
English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three
stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding
with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.
 
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