Analysis of Xxxiv
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee
As those, when thou shalt call me by my name--
Lo, the vain promise ! is the same, the same,
Perplexed and ruffled by life's strategy ?
When called before, I told how hastily
I dropped my flowers or brake off from a game,
To run and answer with the smile that came
At play last moment, and went on with me
Through my obedience. When I answer now,
I drop a grave thought, break from solitude;
Yet still my heart goes to thee--ponder how--
Not as to a single good, but all my good !
Lay thy hand on it, best one, and allow
That no child's foot could run fast as this blood.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111101 1111111111 1011010101 0101011100 1101111100 11110111101 1101010111 1111001111 11010011101 110111110 1111111101 11101011111 1111111001 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 465 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 124 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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