A Spanish historical ballad or short epic poem, typically composed in octosyllabic lines.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > ballad > types of ballad (5) romance?1548 A Spanish historical ballad or short epic poem, typically composed in octosyllabic lines. riding ballad1800 a Scottish ballad celebrating a raid carried out across the Border into England, esp. during the Border warfare of the 16th cent.; cf. border ballad… derry1860 A meaningless word in the refrains of popular songs; hence (as n.), a ballad or set of verses. chantefable1879 A medieval French ballad, consisting of parts of spoken prose alternating with parts of sung verse; this type of ballad as a literary genre. Cf. cante… cantefable1883 A medieval French ballad, in which passages in spoken prose alternate with passages in sung verse; this as a literary genre; = chantefable, n. 1. |
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