Definition of Ballads. Meaning of Ballads. Synonyms of Ballads

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Definition of Ballads

Ballad
Ballad Bal"lad, n. [OE. balade, OF. balade, F. ballade, fr. Pr. ballada a dancing song, fr. ballare to dance; cf. It. ballata. See 2d Ball, n., and Ballet.] A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
Ballad
Ballad Bal"lad, v. t. To make mention of in ballads. [Obs.]
Ballad
Ballad Bal"lad, v. i. To make or sing ballads. [Obs.]

Meaning of Ballads from wikipedia

- rare if not unheard-of for a ballad to contain exactly 13 lines. Additionally, couplets rarely appear in ballads. Many ballads were written and sold as single-sheet...
- poignant but solemn manner. Ballads are generally melodic enough to capture the listener's attention. Sentimental ballads are found in most music genres...
- Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 5 February 1996 by Mute Records. As its...
- the longer ballads from the shorter ballads into two parts; Part 1 containing the longer ballads were numbered I-V while the shorter ballads in Part 2...
- Ballads Lyrical Ballads at Standard Ebooks Lyrical Ballads 1798 at Project Gutenberg Lyrical Ballads 1800 vol. 1 at Project Gutenberg Lyrical Ballads...
- The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second...
- Look up power ballads in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Power Ballads may refer to: Power Ballads (Aqueduct album), 2003 Power Ballads (London Elektricity...
- The Bagford Ballads were English ballads collected by John Bagford (1651 - 1716) for Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford. Bagford was originally a cobbler...
- the project is ballads, according to Joji; and in an interview with Annie Mac said that he was trying to make the project full of ballads that are different...
- Border ballads are a group of songs in the long tradition of balladry collected from the Anglo-Scottish border. Like all traditional ballads, they were...