This is an analysis of To The Poet, John Dyer by William Wordsworth.

BARD of the Fleece, whose skilful genius made
That work a living landscape fair and bright;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXXaaXcddbc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001110101 1101011111 1101010001 1111111111 110101001100 01110101010 11011100101 1101100101 01011111100 11110011111 0101111101 1101010111 10101011001 1101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14