What is the ballad stanza? It consists of five lines of iambic tetrameter; lines one and four have four accents, lines two and three have three accents; lines two and four rhyme. It consists of four lines of iambic tetrameter; lines two and three have four accents, lines one and four have three accents; lines two and three rhyme. It consists of four lines of iambic tetrameter; lines two and four have four accents, lines one and three have three accents; lines two and four rhyme. It consists of four lines of iambic tetrameter; lines one and three have four accents, lines two and four have three accents; lines two and four rhyme.