How is the ballad meter structured? A.
stanzas with four iambic lines; first and third have three stresses and second and fourth have four stresses

B.
stanzas with four iambic lines; first and third have four stresses and second and fourth have three stresses

C.
stanzas with six iambic lines; first, third, and fifth have three stresses and second, fourth, and sixth have four stresses

D.
stanzas with six iambic lines; the first three have four stresses and the last three have three stresses