This is an analysis of I Love ... by Francis Jammes.

I Love in old days Clara d'Ellébeuse,
The school-girl of old boarding-schools,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bccb dada cece XcXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110111010 01101101 1111010101 1001010101 11100111010 0110011 1011110101 101000111110 0101001011 0111010111 0011110101 0011010101 1111011101 1111011001 1110011101 0101100111 110111010 1101010101 0011011110 111011010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

where, come

Anaphora

in