This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxv: A Heavy Heart, Belovèd by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
A heavy heart, Belovèd, have I borne
From year to year until I saw thy face,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 010110111 0101011111 1101010101 01110011101 1011110001 10101111101 0101011111 1101010101 1101111111 1101101101 1101010101 1011010101 11110101010 010110100001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
