This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxviii: Soul-Light by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

What other woman could be loved like you,
Or how of you should love possess his fill?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabbacddcee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010111 1101110101 1001001101 1101011101 01010011101 10110111001 110111110101 10001010111 11010010001 1001111101 10111110101 01010100110 10111111111 110100101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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