This is an analysis of The Botanist's Vision by Sydney Thompson Dobell.

The sun that in Breadalbane's lake doth fall
Was melting to the sea down golden Tay,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacdcccd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01101000111 1100011101 1011010101 1000010111 1111010111 10010101101 0111100100 1011011111 01101000101 0111010011 0111111111 0111111101 1101011101 0101101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14