This is an analysis of A Woman's Last Word by Robert Browning.

I.
Let's contend no more, Love,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc X dede X fgfg X haha a Xaha a aiai X bjbj X jhjh X kjkj XXbaba
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
  • Metre: 1 101111 111 101011 101 1 111111 111 001111 111 1 101010 111 111010 111 1 111110 101 101010 101 1 101010 101 111110 111 1 001111 001 001111 011 1 111011 111 101111 111 1 1010100 101 101110 011 1 110010 101 111010 101 1 101011 101 111011 111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 20
  • Lines: 50