Analysis of Sonnet 07 - The face of all the world is changed, I think
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
The face of all the world is changed, I think,
Since first I heard the footsteps of thy soul
Move still, oh, still, beside me, as they stole
Betwixt me and the dreadful outer brink
Of obvious death, where I, who thought to sink,
Was caught up into love, and taught the whole
Of life in a new rhythm. The cup of dole
God gave for baptism, I am fain to drink,
And praise its sweetness, Sweet, with thee anear.
The names of country, heaven, are changed away
For where thou art or shalt be, there or here;
And this . . . this lute and song . . . loved yesterday,
(The singing angels know) are only dear
Because thy name moves right in what they say.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011111 111101111 1111011111 0110010101 11001111111 1110110101 11001100111 11110011111 011101111 01110101101 1111111111 011101110 0101011101 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 488 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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