Ballade des dames du temps jadis
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The "Ballade des dames du temps jadis" ("Ballade of Ladies of Time Gone By") is a Middle French poem by François Villon that celebrates famous women in history and mythology, and a prominent example of the ubi sunt? genre. It is written in the fixed-form ballade format, and forms part of his collection Le Testament in which it is followed by the Ballade des seigneurs du temps jadis.
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by François Villon | |
Original title | Ballade des dames du temps jadis |
Written | 1461 |
Country | France |
Language | Middle French |
Subject(s) | Lives of illustrious women |
Form | Ballade |
Meter | iambic tetrameter |
Rhyme scheme | ababbcbC ababbcbC ababbcbC bcbC |
Media type | Manuscript |
Lines | 28 |
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The section is simply labelled Ballade by Villon; the title des dames du temps jadis was added by Clément Marot in his 1533 edition of Villon's poems.