Ballade: Du Concours De Blois Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAAAAA AFAFFGHAIA CFCFJIKAIA IAAGA| I'm dying of thirst beside the fountain | A |
| Hot as fire and with chattering teeth | B |
| In my own land I'm in a far domain | C |
| Near the flame I shiver beyond belief | D |
| Bare as a worm dressed in a furry sheathe | E |
| I smile in tears wait without expectation | A |
| Taking my comfort in sad desperation | A |
| I rejoice without pleasures never a one | A |
| Strong I am without power or persuasion | A |
| Welcomed gladly and spurned by everyone | A |
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| Nothing is sure for me but what's uncertain | A |
| Obscure whatever is plainly clear to see | F |
| I've no doubt except of everything certain | A |
| Science is what happens accidentally | F |
| I win it all yet a loser I'm bound to be | F |
| Saying God give you good even ' at dawn | G |
| I greatly fear I'm falling when lying down | H |
| I've plenty yet I've not one possession | A |
| I wait to inherit yet I'm no heir I own | I |
| Welcomed gladly and spurned by everyone | A |
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| I never take care yet I've taken great pain | C |
| To acquire some goods but have none by me | F |
| Who's nice to me is one I hate it's plain | C |
| And who speaks truth deals with me most falsely | F |
| He's my friend who can make me believe | J |
| A white swan is the blackest crow I've known | I |
| Who thinks he's power to help me does me harm | K |
| Lies truth to me are all one under the sun | A |
| I remember all have the wisdom of a stone | I |
| Welcomed gladly and spurned by everyone | A |
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| Merciful Prince may it please you that I've shown | I |
| There's much I know yet without sense or reason | A |
| I'm partial yet I hold with all men in common | A |
| What more can I do Redeem what I've in pawn | G |
| Welcomed gladly and spurned by everyone | A |
Franaois Villon
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