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I AM FRANCOIS, TO MY DISMAY by FRANCOIS VILLON

Poem Explanation

Last Line: MY NECK'LL LEARN WHAT MY ARSE MAY WEIGH
Subject(s): SELF; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT;


I am Francois, to my dismay,
Parisian born, out Pontoise way,
And through the lesson ropes convey
My neck'll learn what my arse may weigh.




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