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

I see thine image through my tears to-night,
And yet to-day I saw thee smiling. How…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111011101 1101111101 0101010001 1111110101 0101011101 1111011001 10101111111 01010111101 11001010101 01011110111 0101111101 10101010101 1111011101 1111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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