This is an analysis of Cristina by Robert Browning.
I.
She should never have looked at me…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a abXbcded X fghgifjX X cgggcfaf X XkjkgXdX a elilckak a heeegbab X embmXbeb X Xbebfili
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Metre: 1 11101111 01111110 11101111 10111010 10100110 11111110 10111110 11111010 1 10111110 11111110 10111111 01101010 01110011 10111110 11111010 11101100 1 11101111 11111110 11101011 10101010 11100011 10100010 10111011 00101010 1 11101010 111011010 01111010 011001010 11011101 11111100 10110011 10101110 1 11001110 11111110 10101010 11111010 11101110 10111110 01110011 01101010 1 10101011 10100110 10110010 10100110 10111011 10111110 01111011 11011010 1 10101110 01100010 10101110 10111010 00100110 11101010 10111110 11111110 1 11101011 11111110 01111101 11111010 10111010 111001110 1111110 01101010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
she, or, it, i
Anaphora
that, there, whereby
Anadiplosis
her