This is an analysis of Xvii by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes
God set between his After and Before,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbacacXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101111101 1101010101 11111101001 00101010011 00011101000 01010101001 1110010111 0100111001 1011110111 1101111111 0101110101 11000110100 0101010111 0111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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