ballad
IPA: bˈæɫʌd
noun
- A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
- A slow romantic song.
verb
- (obsolete) To make mention of in ballads.
- (intransitive) To compose or sing ballads.
Advertisement
Examples of "ballad" in Sentences
- The song is a sentimental ballad.
- It was the first ballad of the singer.
- A few of the ballads are rather bawdy.
- The song is a ballad from the Tycoon soundtrack.
- It is one of the romantic ballads of the Islands.
- This is the wreck and the ballad in popular culture.
- He favored the sentimental ballad and the church anthem.
- An elegiac piano ballad that portrays the pain of parting.
- The ballads, on the other hand, are overwrought and declarative.
- Child's generic title for this ballad is "Bonnie Annie," although
- The song is a ballad, with the singers mourning the end of their relationship.
- One of his most beautiful melodies, for example, is “We Are One”, a foofily sung ballad from the cheesy Jaws ripoff Orca.
- It may tell the story in ballad form and it may also be hilarious, for we must not forget that the song and dance are closely allied.
- I mean, I suppose it does constitute a reading and all, given that the ballad is highly narrative, basically a wee story told in song.
- It may tell the story in ballad form and it may also be hilarious, for we must not forget the fact that the song and dance are closely allied.
- But we have in ballad form an account of what Prince Hal, now Henry V, said to Judge Gascoigne on the occasion of his retirement from the Bench:
- Cheap sentiment sinks the title ballad, but the closer, "Make This Moment (To Love Again)," while sentimental as well, has the charm of a classic pop bauble from the 50s.
- Another song by Pete Seeger, this sorrowful ballad is taken from a Latin medieval poem, known as an “Ubi Sunt” (literally, Where Are …), the song refers to nostalgia and death.
- Child #78 Aside from its exquisite poetry and music, this ballad is notable for its exhibition of the universal popular belief that excessive grief on the part of mourners disturbs the peace of the dead.