noun Download 🔗Share Any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements. Examples : "The pianist's latest ballade told a sweeping story of love and loss through its dramatic melodies. " music literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A poem of one or more triplets of seven- or eight-line stanzas, each ending with the same line as refrain, and usually an envoi; more generally, any poem in stanzas of equal length. Examples : "The student struggled to write a ballade for his poetry class, finding the repeated refrain and complex rhyme scheme particularly challenging. " literature language style art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading