ballad

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Noun ballad has 2 senses

ballad, lay - a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
--₁ is a kind of song
--₁ has particulars: minstrelsy
ballad, lay - a narrative poem of popular origin
--₂ is a kind of poem, verse form
--₂ has particulars: Edda