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Le Testament, long poem by François Villon, written in 1461 and published in 1489. It consists of 2,023 octosyllabic lines arranged in 185 huitains (eight-line stanzas). These huitains are interspersed with a number of fixed-form poems, chiefly ballades and chansons, including the well-known “Ballade des dames du temps jadis” (“Ballad of the Ladies of Bygone Times”). While it is full of cruel humour, it is less overtly comic and much more complex than his earlier Le Petit Testament. In the poem, Villon bitterly reviews his life and expresses his horror of prison (the poem itself was written after he was ...(100 of 169 words)

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