Question
A poem in this form repeats the refrain “Alone am I and without a friend remain.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poetical form, examples of which make up the majority of the collection The Testament. One poem titled for this form ends “But where are the snows of yesteryear?” in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s translation.
ANSWER: ballade [accept ballad; accept but DO NOT REVEAL, “Ballade of the Dead Ladies” or “Ballade des dames du temps jadis”]
[10m] These people title François Villon’s (“fran-SWAH vee-YON’s”) ballade that contains the “yesteryear” refrain. Christine de Pizan, the author of the ballade “Alone am I,” is best known for a “book” and a “treasure” about the “city of [these people].”
ANSWER: ladies [or dames; accept The Book of the City of Ladies or Le Livre de la Cité des Dames; accept The Treasure of the City of Ladies or Le Trésor de la Cité des Dames; prompt on women]
[10e] This figure is the last mentioned in Villon’s “Ballade of the Dead Ladies.” Christine de Pizan’s last work is a lyrical verse about this figure, but she died before this heroine was burnt at the stake in the Hundred Years’ War.
ANSWER: Joan of Arc [or Jeanne d’Arc; accept “The Tale of Joan of Arc” or Le Ditié de Jehanne d’Arc]
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Summary
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