Poem Analysis of Arbor Amoris by François Villon for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Arbor Amoris that begins with:

I have a tree, a graft of Love,
That in my heart has taken root; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ababbccdcd XbabbccXcd Xbabbccdcd X cXdcd
Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,1,5,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
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
Amount of stanzas: 5
Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
Average number of words per stanza: 46
Amount of lines: 37
Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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Arbor Amoris by François Villon: poem analysis

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