ballade
noun[C]
uk/bælˈɑːd/us/bælˈɑːd/literaturespecialized
apoemwith one or more sets of threestanzas(=groupsoflines)and arefrain(= arepeatedpart):
三节联韵诗Two of thepoemsare ballades and three rondeaux.这些诗当中有两首是三节连韵诗,三首是十三行回旋诗。
musicspecialized
apieceofclassicalmusic,especiallyforpiano, in aromanticstyle:
(尤指为钢琴谱写的)叙事曲He waslisteningto a Chopin ballade on theradio.他当时正在收音机里听肖邦的叙事曲。
- Themedievalballade is adifficultformofverse.
- Ourhero, the versifyingsoldierwith theoversizenose,improvisesa ballade during theduel.
- Hejoinedacriminalorganization, the "Brotherhood of the Coquille", andwrotesome of his ballades initssecretjargon.
- a newrecordingof Grieg's Ballade in Gminor
- It's in the ballades that hismusicis atitsfinest.
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- Grinch
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy
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