This is an analysis of Xvi by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
And yet, because thou overcomest so,
Because thou art more noble and like a king,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101110001 01111101101 1101011111 1101111111 1101111101 1011011100 1111010101 0101010101 1101010101 0111100101 10101011101 1111010111 11011000101 1111000111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
and, thou
