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

The face of all the world is changed, I think,
Since first I heard the footsteps of thy soul…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXcdXdc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010111 1111011011 1111011111 0111010101 01001111101 1110011101 01001100101 11110011101 1101010110 01010101101 1111110111 1001111101 0101011101 0111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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