This is an analysis of Xxxvii by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Pardon, oh, pardon, that my soul should make,
Of all that strong divineness which I know…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacccccc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011011111 01111000111 1111110101 1001110111 0011001011 1100100001 1111010101 1111110001 1100010101 110010010101 10010010101 01001100101 1101010101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

thy