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bal⋅lade

  [buh-lahd, ba-; Fr. ba-lad]
–noun, plural -lades  [-lahdz; Fr. -lad] .
1. a poem consisting commonly of three stanzas having an identical rhyme scheme, followed by an envoy, and having the same last line for each of the stanzas and the envoy.
2. Music. a composition in free style and romantic mood, often for solo piano or for orchestra.
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Origin:
1485–95; < MF, var. of balade ballad
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bal·lade   (bə-läd', bā-)   
n.  

  1. A verse form usually consisting of three stanzas of eight or ten lines each along with a brief envoy, with all three stanzas and the envoy ending in the same one-line refrain.

  2. Music A composition, usually for the piano, having the romantic or dramatic quality of a narrative poem.


[Middle English balade; see ballad.]
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