This is an analysis of Sonnets From The Portuguese Iv by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
IF thou must love me, let it be for naught
Except for love's sake only. Do not say,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacbcbcX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0111110011 1011110111 1101010101 0101010101 1101011101 1101011101 1110010101 0111111111 1010110111 1111010111 0101010111 1101111111 1111111101 1111110100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
her, for
