Structure
The poem is written in 97 stanzas, each of eight lines that are octosyllabic, in iambic tetrameters forming couplets. It has been analysed into six sections:
- Stanzas 1–10: architecture of the house.
- Stanzas 11–35: the story of Isabel Thwaites.
- Stanzas 36–46: the gardens and plants.
- Stanzas 47–60: the meadows.
- Stanzas 61–81: the wood.
- Stanzas 82–97: the river (closing with return to the house).
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