This is an analysis of The Two Sayings by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Two savings of the Holy Scriptures beat
Like pulses in the Church's brow and breast;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXaaaabcbcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1100010101 1100010111 1101110101 1110111110 11011011001 0101011001 11001011101 1101010011 1101010111 1011010101 11010101011 1101011101 1111111101 1111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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