Associations to the word «Ballade»

Wiktionary

BALLADE, noun. (music) Any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements.

Dictionary definition

BALLADE, noun. A poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats