This is an analysis of Xix by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The soul's Rialto hath its merchandise;
I barter curl for curl upon that mart,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbXabbacdcXcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 011010101 1101110111 1011010011 0101111100 1101110101 01100101001 0111110101 0111010101 1101110011 1000101101 1101110101 1101110100 1111111101 11001111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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