Cryptic crossword clue
Poem able to stir boy within 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BALLADE

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Buddy explains!

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What does BALLADE mean?

BALLADE noun
  1. Any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements.
  2. A poem of one or more triplets of seven- or eight-line stanzas, each ending with the same line as refrain, and usually an envoi; more generally, any poem in stanzas of equal length.

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