Poulter'Measure the form

Thomas Wyatt 1503 (Kent) – 1542 (London)



From thought to thought,from hill to hill,love doth me lead

Clean contrary from restful life ,these common paths I tread
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Scheme A A
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 119
Words 22
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 1

Thomas Wyatt

Thomas Wyatt(1503-42),the prolific English poet used over 70 different stanza forms but is especially known for the poulter's measure form(an alexandrine ,12 syllables,alternating with a fourteener 14 syllables,often used for serious statements or for burlesque more…

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