This is an analysis of Irreparableness by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

I HAVE been in the meadows all the day
And gathered there the nosegay that you see…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXaabcabca
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1100011101 11010100111 1001111111 1111110101 11110111001 1100111100 0111011111 0101011111 1100111111 1100011101 0101110111 11010101101 1111010101 1101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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