Burlesques, Pasquinades, etc., in Ballade, Chant Royal, Rondeau, and Villanelle Forms
If an apology seem needful for the presence of this section, this quotation will explain why it was included:-
“We maintain that far from converting virtue into a paradox, and degrading truth by ridicule, Parody will only strike at what is chimerical and false; it is not a piece of buffoonery so much as a critical exposition.”
Isaac D’Israeli.