This is an analysis of Xxxvi by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
When we met first and loved, I did not build
Upon the event with marble. Could it mean…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacacaca
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111111011 01001010101 0101110001 1011011101 10010011101 0101110100 010101111101 1111111111 01010011111 1110011101 01001110111 111001101101 1101010111 1111101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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