This is an analysis of Paraphrase on Anacreon: Ode to the Swallow by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Thou indeed, little Swallow,
A sweet yearly comer.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaddcXcacaXcbebeffe
  • Stanza lengths: 23,
  • Metre: 1011010 011010 110010 1110010 11101 1110110 11011 111101 101011 101101 111111 1010110 011111 1010010 101101 111111 1011110 1011011 1011110 011011 11101 001101 1111010010111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 23

Repeated words/phrases

and, loves

Anaphora

and