Answer: I believe it to be formal verse.
Explanation:
Formal verse is the name given to rhymed poetry that uses a strict meter. I googl ed the poem and it rhymed every other sentence and had a sort of beat to it.
Just to clarify, this is the poem I got when I searched it on Goog le:
"Thou art a fool,” said my head to my heart,
“Indeed, the greatest of fools thou art,
To be led astray by the trick of a tress,
By a smiling face or a ribbon smart;”
And my heart was in sore distress.
Then Phyllis came by, and her face was fair,
The light gleamed soft on her raven hair;
And her lips were blooming a rosy red.
Then my heart spoke out with a right bold air:
“Thou art worse than a fool, O head!”
