text_original: Villon, before any one in French literature, called things by their names, made poetry as Homer made it, with words that meant facts. He was a thief and a vagabond who wrote in the 'grand style' by daring to be sincere to himself, to the aspect under which human things came to him, to the precise names of precise things.
text_transcription: VILLON BEFORE ANY ONE IN FRENCH LITERATURE CALLED THINGS BY THEIR NAMES MADE POETRY AS HOMER MADE IT WITH WORDS THAT MEANT FACTS HE WAS A THIEF AND A VAGABOND WHO WROTE IN THE GRAND STEEL BY DARING TO BE SINCERE TO HIMSELF TO THE ASPECT UNDER WHICH HUMAN THINGS CAME TO HIM TO THE PRECISE NAMES OF PRECISE THINGS
phonemes: vˈɪlən, bᵻfˌɔːɹ ˌɛni wˈʌn ɪn fɹˈɛntʃ lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚ, kˈɔːld θˈɪŋz baɪ ðɛɹ nˈeɪmz, mˌeɪd pˈoʊɪtɹi æz hˈoʊmɚ mˈeɪd ɪt, wɪð wˈɜːdz ðæt mˈɛnt fˈækts. hiː wʌzɐ θˈiːf ænd ɐ vˈæɡɐbˌɑːnd hˌuː ɹˈoʊt ɪnðə ɡɹˈænd stˈaɪl baɪ dˈɛɹɪŋ təbi sɪnsˈɪɹ tə hɪmsˈɛlf, tə ðɪ ˈæspɛkt ˌʌndɚ wˌɪtʃ hjˈuːmən θˈɪŋz kˈeɪm tə hˌɪm, tə ðə pɹɪsˈaɪs nˈeɪmz ʌv pɹɪsˈaɪs θˈɪŋz.