This is an analysis of To George Sand: A Recognition by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

TRUE genius, but true woman ! dost deny
The woman's nature with a manly scorn…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbcabXcdededd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110101 0101000101 1101011101 1101000100 1101010101 0101010101 1101110110 11100010100 1001111101 01110001010 1111011101 10111101110 11101101001 11000101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14