This is an analysis of Xx by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

And wilt thou have me fashion into speech
The love I bear thee, finding words enough,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacbcbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110001 0111110101 1101110111 0111001111 1101111101 1101110111 0111111111 0101101101 1101001101 0111010101 10111101101 1101001101 1011010101 1110010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

i, my