This is an analysis of Only A Curl. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
I.
FRIENDS of faces unknown and a land…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababba Xacaac Xdedde Xfcfgc ahdhhd aadaad Xijiij Xdhddh Xklkkl gmhmmh abnbbn Xfeffe Xbgbbg Xhchhc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 1 101001101 10001001 11111011 001011001 11001111 1 111101011 101011011 001101101 101011001 1010011011 1 111101011 001101101 11011011 1111111101 11101001 1 111101010 11101101 101001100 001001011 101001101 1 111101101 101011010 101001001 11011001 101011011 1 11111111 11111011 1110001011 101111101 111011101 1 11111101 011110010 101001011 11111101 010011010 1 101111011 101011101 101001011 101101101 111011101 1 111111001 11011011 001101001 101101101 001101001 1 11111010 1101101001 11101001 001001011 11011101 1 11111001 111001001 111101101 101001001 11001011 1 11101001 110110101 101101001 101011111 11011101 1 11111101 101011011 0010111111 011011011 111001111 1 11111011 11111011 001101011 011011101 001101101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 97
Repeated words/phrases
of, he, to, it
Anaphora
he