This is an analysis of Sonnet by Charles Harpur.

SHE loves me! From her own bliss-breathing lips
The live confession came, like rich perfume…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadedeed
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1110011101 0101011101 0101010001 1111100101 1011011111 11011100101 0101011001 0101011101 1001010101 1111010101 1101000111 1001010101 11011111001 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14