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

Indeed this very love which is my boast,
And which, when rising up from breast to brow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXbbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101011011 1111010101 1110010110 0111110101 011011100100 1111100111 1111010111 1111010101 1111111101 01101001011 1111111111 1101110101 1111111101 0111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, love

Anaphora

and