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
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
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012