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noun
Any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A poem of one or more triplets of seven- or eight-line stanzas, each ending with the same line as refrain, and usually an envoi; more generally, any poem in stanzas of equal length.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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noun
a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: poem, verse form
History
Borrowed from French ballade. Doublet of balada and ballad.
