This is an analysis of Sonnet 27 - My Own Beloved, Who Hast Lifted Me by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

XXVII
My own Beloved, who hast lifted me…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abbXabbacXcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,
  • Metre: 1 1101011101 0011011111 1001010101 0111010100 1101110101 0111011111 1100110111 1111110111 1111111111 1111010100 11010100111 0010100010101 1101010011 1111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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