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This article maintains the hypothesis that there is a connection between the Helinandian stanza and the huitain ababbcbc by analyzing the way Alain Chartier weaves connections between these two forms. He uses the Helinandian douzain as a matrix for variations, situates it among the stanzas characteristic of the lament and the débat, and thus emphasizes the possibilities of linkage carried out by the rime croisée more than he emphasizes formal closure.