This is an analysis of Chaucers Wordes Unto Adam by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Adam scriveyn, if ever it thee bifalle
Boece or Troylus for to wryten newe,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 10100100110 111010101 10111011101 1101101111 1110111110 0010110111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6