This is an analysis of In Three Days by Robert Browning.

I.
So, I shall see her in three days…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abcXccc X abadeee X ffXdggggg X aXaXagaggXccabc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,7,1,7,1,9,1,15,
  • Metre: 1 11110011 11111111 111101101 11110110 11111101 11010111 10011110 1 11010101 11110111 11111110 01101111 11111101 11110101 010100101 1 11010111 01111101 010010111 10000101 11011111 10011101 11111101 010100101 11011001 1 11111111 11011111 11010101 01011110 11100101 11111101 11111111 10110101 01110001 01111100 11100101 00101101 11110011 11110111 111101101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, fear

Anaphora

with