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ballad
[ bal-uhd ]
noun
- any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody.
- a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing.
- any poem written in similar style.
- the music for a ballad.
- a sentimental or romantic popular song.
ballad
/ ˈæə /
noun
- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- a narrative poem in short stanzas of popular origin, originally sung to a repeated tune
- a slow sentimental song, esp a pop song
ballad
1- A simple narrative song, or, alternatively, a narrative poem suitable for singing. ( See under “Conventions of Written English.” )
ballad
2- A simple narrative song, or a narrative poem suitable for singing. The ballad usually has a short stanza , such as:
There are twelve months in all the year,
As I hear many men say,
But the merriest month in all the year
Is the merry month of May.
Other Word Forms
- ·· [b, uh, -, lad, -ik], adjective
- l· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ballad1
Example Sentences
He also brought out Alex Warren to sing his gloopy ballad “Ordinary” and to premiere a new duet between the two of them called “Oh My Brother.”
It's an album of stunning poetic clarity and emotion – typified by the title track, an old-time country-rock ballad inspired by her love of detective novels.
Highlights include The Curse, a stadium-sized ballad about using alcohol as an emotional crutch; and closing track The Deep Blue Okay, where she eventually finds a modicum of inner peace.
In the converted barn's main room, Elizabethan ballads drifted through smoke-thick air as someone scattered chrysanthemum petals across a sheepskin rug.
Those moments include The Curse, a rousing ballad about using alcohol to dull her anxiety, which is possibly the best song Self Esteem's ever written.
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