This is an analysis of The Prisoner by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

I count the dismal time by months and years
Since last I felt the green sward under foot,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacXcccc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011110 1111011101 101101110 1101111101 1101110101 11010111101 1101011101 01110001001 0101010101 110101011 1100010101 1001010111 11011100101 01111000001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14