This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxxi: Thou Comest! by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Thou comest! all is said without a word.
I sit beneath thy looks, as children do…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabbXXccXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101111101 0011011101 11011011000 11001010111 0111111101 01110010111 11010110000 101001011111 11001111111 01110100101 1101011000 1111010101 1101110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14