This is an analysis of Xxix by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

I think of thee !--my thoughts do twine and bud
About thee, as wild vines, about a tree,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacbcbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101111111 0111110101 11111111101 0101011101 1111100101 1011110101 11101010100 0111010111 1011111111 111101001101 11001110101 01001101111 1101111011 11110111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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