This is an analysis of Discontent by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

LIGHT human nature is too lightly tost
And ruffled without cause, complaining on--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaabacacac
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101001101 1100110101 10010110101 0100110101 10111100101 0111110101 1100110111 0101100101 1111011101 1101111101 010011100101 1100110101 11010100101 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14