Le Testament: Epitaph Et Rondeau Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCCCCC C EFFGGFE GF GE| Epitaph | A |
| - | |
| Here there lies and sleeps in the grave | B |
| One whom Love killed with his scorn | C |
| A poor little scholar in every way | D |
| He was named Fran ois Villon | C |
| He never reaped a morsel of corn | C |
| Willed all away as all men know | C |
| Bed table and basket all are gone | C |
| Gallants now sing his song below | C |
| - | |
| Rondeau | C |
| - | |
| Oh grant him now eternal peace | E |
| Lord and everlasting light | F |
| He wasn't worth a candle bright | F |
| Nor even a sprig of parsley | G |
| Of eyebrows hair and beard he's free | G |
| A turnip scraped with a spade all right | F |
| Oh grant him now eternal peace | E |
| - | |
| Exiled with strict severity | G |
| Rapped behind with a spade despite | F |
| It all he cried Appeal for me ' | - |
| Which wasn't the height of subtlety | G |
| Oh grant him now eternal peace | E |
Franaois Villon
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