sung verse

• lyricSong's text
• melodyPleasing sequence of notes
• balladNarrative poem or song
• chorusSingers performing together
• hymnReligious song of praise

chant · aria · refrain · vocal · crooned · harmonized · stanza · serenade · anthem · ode · warbled · rhyme · poetry · melodic · cantata · lullaby · folk · troubadour

• Greek tragedytragedy, Greek tragedy, Greek tragedies, Sophocles, Aeschylus
• Masquesmasques, Inigo Jones, Whitehall, scenic design, stage machinery
• balladsballads, balladry, power ballads, pop ballads, country ballads
• Latin prosodyquantitative verse, caesura, elision, hiatus, diaeresis
• medieval Frenchtroubadours, chevalier, chateau, seigneur, chansons de geste
• opera partsaria, libretto, recitative, duet, trio