- ballad meter
- noun
: the meter common in English ballads consisting chiefly of iambic lines of 7 accents each arranged in rhymed pairs and usually printed as the 4-line ballad stanza
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ballad stanza — noun : a verse stanza common in English ballads that consists of 2 lines in ballad meter usually printed as a 4 line stanza with lines 1 and 3 of 4 accents each unrhymed and with lines 2 and 4 of 3 accents each rhymed … Useful english dictionary
common particular meter — noun or common particular measure : a variation of ballad meter in which the four stress lines are doubled producing a stanza of six lines in tail rhyme arrangement, the number of stresses in the lines being 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3 … Useful english dictionary
long meter — noun also long measure : a quatrain in iambic tetrameter lines with the second and fourth lines rhyming and often the first and third lines rhyming compare ballad meter … Useful english dictionary
common meter — noun the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad • Syn: ↑common measure • Hypernyms: ↑meter, ↑metre, ↑measure, ↑beat, ↑cadence … Useful english dictionary
common measure — noun 1. a time signature indicating four beats to the bar • Syn: ↑common time, ↑four four time, ↑quadruple time • Hypernyms: ↑musical time 2. an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
