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…

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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

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