Meaning Of The Word Ballad stanza

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Ballad stanza Meaning

Ballad stanza Definition
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What's The Definition Of Ballad stanza?

ballad stanza in American English
the four-line stanza commonly used in ballads, generally rhymed abcb
noun: a four-line stanza consisting of unrhymed first and third lines in iambic tetrameter and rhymed second and fourth lines in iambic trimeter, often used in ballads

ballad stanza in British English
noun: a four-line stanza, often used in ballads, in which the second and fourth lines rhyme and have three stresses each and the first and third lines are unrhymed and have four stresses each

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