This is an analysis of Insufficiency by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

When I attain to utter forth in verse
Some inward thought, my soul throbs audibly…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcaabcadedede
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101111100 0111010001 11010101001 0010100110101 0101001100 1101010101 11101110101 1111010101 0100010101 1111011101 1101110101 11101110111 1100001111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14