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

Say over again, and yet once over again,
That thou dost love me. Though the word repeated…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 110011111001 11111101010 111011111110 0101000111 1011010111 101010101010 01010101010 10101010111 111111101111 11011101011 11010111101 1111111111 01010010101 01110010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

me, love

Anaphora

too