0 a poem with one or more sets of three stanzas (= groups of lines) and a refrain (= a repeated part) -- 三节联韵诗
Our ballade, of course, uses exclusively black notation.
In any event, our refrain could put into the mouth of the singer the sentiment that the poem and ballade are vexing, discomforting or challenging.
The poem that is our ballade's lyric dramatically expands the analytical field for us, alerting us to additional dimensions of meaning and allusion.
Yet the ballade's behaviour requires consideration of one additional role for colour, and this is colour in respect to proportion and mensuration.
As in any ballade, the place to begin to examine the text is the refrain line.
Each set of rondeaux is grafted by rhyme onto the ballades.
Looking at the manuscript context, the ballade keeps company with fairly mainstream material.
This is exactly the sequence of proportional durations of the breve in our ballade.
