The reason hard boiled eggs dont last as long as raw eggs is that in cooking the eggs, a natural protective chemical layer (produced by the mother hen) is washed off the porous eggshell, allowing germs to enter. Source(s): http://cookery.newarchaeology.com/how_lo... sugarice82 Â· 9 years ago.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Song cycle. A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a single entity. As a rule, all of the songs are by the same composer and often use words from the same poet or lyricist.
Poetry Definition. A story in a song, usually a narrative song or poem. Any form of story may be told as a ballad (not to be confused with a ballade), ranging from accounts of historical events to fairy tales in verse form.t is usually with foreshortened alternating four-and three-stress lines ('ballad meter') and simple repeating rhymes, and often with a refrain. A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.