Ballade
Pronunciation : Bal*lade"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Ballad, n.]
Definition : Defn: A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913