This is an analysis of Xxvii by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

My own Beloved, who hast lifted me
From this drear flat of earth where I was thrown,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabbacXcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011101 0011011111 1001010101 0111010100 1101110101 0111011111 1100110111 1111110111 1111111111 1111010100 11010100111 00101110101 1101010011 1111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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