BALLADE
\bˈale͡ɪd], \bˈaleɪd], \b_ˈa_l_eɪ_d]\
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ba-lad', n. a poem of one or more terns or triplets of seven or eight lined stanzas, each ending with the same line as refrain, and usually an envoy: now frequently used of any poem in stanzas of equal length.--BALLADE ROYAL, stanzas of seven or eight lines of ten syllables--called also Rime or Rhythm royal. [An earlier spelling of BALLAD.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Poem of one or more triplets of seven-lined or eight-lined stanzas, each ending with same refrain line, & envoy; poem of equal (usu. seven or eightline) stanzas; b. royal, stanzas of seven or eight ten-syllable lines (also rhyme royal).
By Sir Augustus Henry
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