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Definitions of ballad in various dictionaries:
noun - a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
noun - a narrative poem of popular origin
A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a recurrent refrain.
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| A narrative song of folk origin, from an old Provencal word for "dancing-song" |
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| A slow sentimental or romantic song. |
| A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next. |
| a slow sentimental or romantic song. |
| a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next. |
| a narrative poem of popular origin |
| a narrative song with a recurrent refrain |
| a song or poem that tells a story, or (in popular music) a slow love song |
| a song or poem that tells a story, or a slow love song |
| A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain. |
| The music for such a poem. |
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For the slow form of popular music such as love songs and pop & rock ballads, see Sentimental ballad.* A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "danced songs''. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America. Ballads are often 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form, consisting of couplets (two lines) of rhymed verse, each of 14 syllables. Another common form is ABAB or ABCB repeated, in alternating 8 and 6 syllable lines. * Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides. The form was often used by poets and composers from the 18th century onwards to produce lyrical ballads. In the later 19th century, the term took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song an |