This is an analysis of Arbor Amoris by François Villon.
I have a tree, a graft of Love,
That in my heart has taken root;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbccdcd XbabbccXcd Xbabbccdcd X cXdcd
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,1,5,
- Metre: 11010101 10111101 11011111 11010001 11010101 11010111 11011101 11110111 11110101 11011001 11111101 11010101 11010111 11011101 10110011 01010101 10110101 11000110 11111101 01111001 111010110 011101001 111101101 01110101 11111101 11011100 01010111 11011101 11101101 11011001 10 10111101 11110100 01011101 11111101 01011001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 37