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ballad
noun(bal-lad)
a narrative composition in rhythmic verse suitable for singing
ballad
noun(bal-lad)
an art song accompanying a traditional ballad
ballad
noun(bal-lad)
a simple song : air
ballad
noun(bal-lad)
a stanza consisting of four lines with the first and third lines unrhymed iambic tetrameters and the second and fourth lines rhymed iambic trimeters

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