This is an analysis of The Fair Stranger. A Song by John Dryden.

Happy and free, securely blest,
No beauty could disturb my rest;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccccddee
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 10110101 11010111 110011001 010101001 11010111 01010111 11110101 01010011 111101001 11110101 11110101 11010111 10111101 11101110 11110111 11101101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16