Analysis of Sonnet 27 - My own Beloved, who hast lifted me
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
My own Beloved, who hast lifted me
From this drear flat of earth where I was thrown,
And, in betwixt the languid ringlets, blown
A life-breath, till the forehead hopefully
Shines out again, as all the angels see,
Before thy saving kiss! My own, my own,
Who camest to me when the world was gone,
And I who looked for only God, found thee!
I find thee; I am safe, and strong, and glad.
As one who stands in dewless asphodel
Looks backward on the tedious time he had
In the upper life,—so I, with bosom-swell,
Make witness, here, between the good and bad,
That Love, as strong as Death, retrieves as well.
Scheme | ABBAABCADEDEDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101 1111111111 000101011 0111010100 1101110101 0111011111 111110111 0111110111 1111110101 1111011 11010100111 00101111101 1101010101 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 461 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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