This is an analysis of Work And Contemplation by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

The woman singeth at her spinning-wheel
A pleasant chant, ballad or barcarole;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaaaXabXcbXc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010101 0101101100 1100010101 1110011101 0111000101 0101010001 01110010010 1000111101 0011011111 1101001101 1111110111 1101011101 1111011111 0101010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

her, thus