The poem is written in a series of octaves (huitains in the French) each line of which contains eight syllables (octosyllabes), which is also the style of the poet François Villon in the "Ballade des dames du temps jadis" written later in the 15th century.
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He used the title of a 15th century poem by Alain Chartier, though the plots of the two poems are different.