ballade

la ballade (FR N-F) originally, a song for dancing, and the dance that accompanies it; later a poetic form composed of three dizains (sets of 10 lines, each line with 10 syllables) and an envoi of five 10-syllable lines; or made of three huitains (sets of eight lines, each line having eight syllables) and an envoi of four eight-syllable lines. There is a strict rhyme scheme, and the last line of each stanza is always the same, creating a refrain. The envoi (sending) is a dedication to the…