This is an analysis of Sonnet 32 - The First Time That The Sun Rose On Thine Oath by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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The first time that the sun rose on thine oath…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaXbbXccccXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,
  • Metre: 1 0111011111 0111110001 0101111111 1101010101 1101111101 1101111111 111100011101 110010101 0101011101 0111011101 1011111111 0111101111 110101001000 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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