Analysis of Rondel

François Villon 1431 (Paris) – 1463



Goodbye! the tears are in my eyes;
Farewell, farewell, my prettiest;
Farewell, of women born the best;
Good-bye! the saddest of good-byes.
Farewell! with many vows and sighs
My sad heart leaves you to your rest;
Farewell! the tears are in my eyes;
Farewell! from you my miseries
Are more than now may be confessed,
And most by thee have I been blessed,
Yea, and for thee have wasted sighs;
Goodbye! the last of my goodbyes.


Scheme ABCAACADCCAA
Poetic Form
Metre 1011011 111100 1110101 11010111 1110101 11111111 1011011 1111100 11111101 01111111 10111101 101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 431
Words 78
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 326
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 16, 2023

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François Villon

François Villon born in Paris in 1431 and disappeared from view in 1463, is the best known French poet of the late Middle Ages. more…

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