Question

How is the ballad meter structured?

Answer 1

In addition to consistent iambic form known as iambic tetrameter in poetic ballads with four lines each line maintains a fixed set of syllables. The first and third lines each contain eight syllables, while the second and fourth lines each contain six syllables.

Answer 2

structure for a ballad is a quatrain, written in either abcb or abab rhyme schemes. The first and third lines are iambic tetrameter, with four beats per line; the second and fourth lines are in trimeter, with three beats per line.