ðə skˈɑːlɚ dʒˈɑːn stˈoʊks ɹˈoʊt ðæt flˈɛtʃɚɹ ɔːlɹˌɛdi hæd hɪz ˈoʊn stˈaɪl wˌaɪl tˈeɪkɪŋ hɪz pˌiːˈeɪtʃ dˈiː, ænd ðæt hiː ænd hɪz sˈuːpɚvˌaɪzɚ, dˈɑːnəld ɡˈoːɹdən, ʃˈɛɹd ɐ bᵻlˈiːf ɪn dˈʌbəljˌuː. bˈiː. jˈiːtsᵻz ɡɹˈeɪtnəs, ænd ðˈæt "stɹˈeɪndʒ bᵻlˈiːfs duːnˌɑːt hæv təbi bᵻlˈiːvd təbi θˈɔːt ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ, ɔːɹ təbi ɐn ᵻsˈɛnʃəl tˈuːl fɚðɪ ˌʌndɚstˈændɪŋ ʌv ɡɹˈeɪt wˈɜːks ʌv lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚ".
The scholar John Stokes wrote that Fletcher already had his own style while taking his PhD, and that he and his supervisor, Donald Gordon, shared a belief in W. B. Yeats's greatness, and that "strange beliefs do not have to be believed to be thought interesting, or to be an essential tool for the understanding of great works of literature".