This is an analysis of In Horto Rev. J. Still, by William Lisle Bowles.

APUD KNOYLE, VILLAM AMOENISSIMAM.
Stranger! a while beneath this aged tree…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXbabXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,13,
  • Metre: 1011010000 100101011 11010111001 0101010111 0111001111 00111011101 0111010101 10010111010 01001010111 0011011101 10010101011 01110110101 1100111101 0111000100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14