ballade

n. sentimental song that tells a story, narrative poem adapted for singing

The ballade (IPA pronunciation: ) is a verse form typically consisting of three eight-line stanzas, each with a consistent metre and a particular rhyme scheme. The last line in the stanza is a refrain, and the stanzas are followed by a four-line concluding stanza (an envoi) usually addressed to a prince. (The ballade should not be confused with the ballad.) The rhyme scheme is therefore usually 'ababbcbC ababbcbC ababbcbC bcbC', where the capital 'C' is a refrain.
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Noun
1. a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
(hypernym) poem, verse form

n. ballad, sentimental song that tells a story, narrative poem adapted for singing

n. ballad