This is an analysis of Xliii by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbcXbbacdadad
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111111101 1110011111 1111110101 1010101011 111001001000 1101111101 1111011111 1111011101 1110010101 0111101101 1110011101 0111111001 1101111011 1111110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
and, i, thee, love, with, my
Anaphora
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