This is an analysis of Xxxvi Life-In-Love by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Not in thy body is thy life at all
But in this lady's lips and hands and eyes;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabba cddcXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1011001111 1001011111 1111111100 1101010111 1110010101 0101010101 1110011101 1010101100100 10111101101 1101011101 11111101101 101110101101 11010011000 11110110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

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