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Litle Girl's Story Time(Ballade)

The Ballade gave birth to a whole family of forms, however it is not a relative nor should it be confused with the seemingly universal, 'Ballad'. The Ballade and its variations are relatively long, somewhat stingy with their rhyme allotment and always employ a refrain established in the last line of the first stanza which is repeated as the last line of each succeeding stanza including the envoy.
The Ballade Envoy provides the climatic summation of the poem
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