Ballad stanza

A Chevy Chase is a verse in the 18th century from England first adopted by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim folk verse. She has four verses, each of which has the 1st and 3rd four beats, the 2nd and 4th three elevations. Since it is taktgliedernde and not strictly silbenzählende seal, the number of syllables between the elevations may vary. The Chevy Chase verse is often used in the ballad and has consistently blunt cadences. example:

Earl Douglas, press the helmet into hair, Guert to your light blue sword, Strap on your hottest pair of spurs And saddle up your fastest horse!

( Moritz Graf von Strachwitz: The heart of Douglas, 1 st )

This verse form is named after a ballad from the 16th century, in which it is a hunting ( engl. Chase ) goes into the Cheviot Hills. This ballad entitled The Hunting in the Cheviothills became known in Germany in the 18th century.