This is an analysis of Sonnet 05 - I Lift My Heavy Heart Up Solemnly by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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I lift my heavy heart up solemnly,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bccaaccbdedede
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,
  • Metre: 1 1111011100 1101001001 1100111101 0101110111 1011011101 1101110101 10101001101 1101010100 0101011001 1101110101 0111110111 1101001111 11010101111 0101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15