This is an analysis of Sonnet 38 - First Time He Kissed Me, He But Only Kissed by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
XXXVIII
First time he kissed me, he but only kissed…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aaaXaaaaXbcbcX
- Stanza lengths: 1,14,
- Metre: 1 1111111101 01000110011 1101011111 1011010011 10101010100 1111110011 1111010101 0111010111 1101011011 1101011111 010010001 0101111101 0011011101 1101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 15
