This is an analysis of Comfort by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

SPEAK low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet
From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabbaXcdXcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110111 0101000111 1111111111 1111110110 1011010111 1011011101 1111110111 0101100101 0100010101 0101010101 1111011101 0100011101 1101011101 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, low, in

Anaphora

in