Ballade des dames du temps jadis Ballad of the Dead Ladies A
Poem by François Villon (1431-1463?) Translation by Dante
Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) A Study Guide Cummings Guides
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2009 Type of Work  Verse Genre  .......François Villon's famous
poem is a ballade, as the French title indicates. Although the
word ballade may be translated as ballad, a French ballade
differs from an English ballad in that the former is a lyric
poem and the latter a narrative poem. (A lyric poem expresses
strong emotions or an idea; a ballad tells a story). However, a
ballade is similar to a ballad in its use of a refrain, a
repeated line or passage. .......A ballade generally contains
three eight-line stanzas followed by a four-line s