This is an analysis of Sonnet 08 - What Can I Give Thee Back, O Liberal by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
VIII
What can I give thee back, O liberal…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abbaXbbabcbcbc
- Stanza lengths: 1,14,
- Metre: 1 1111111100 1101011101 1100110101 1101011001 1111011110 0101001111 0101111101 1111010111 11110010101 1111110111 0100111111 1101001101 0101110011 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 15
Anaphora
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