This is an analysis of Sonnet Ii by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

But only three in all God's universe
Have heard this word thou hast said,--Himself, beside…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbabcbcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011101 11011110101 11011100101 1011111101 11011111010 11010110111 0101111101 1101010101 0110110111 1111101101 1011110101 1111110101 110101011101 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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