Analysis of Sonnet 22 - When our two souls stand up erect and strong
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
When our two souls stand up erect and strong,
Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,
Until the lengthening wings break into fire
At either curved point,—what bitter wrong
Can the earth do to us, that we should not long
Be here contented? Think. In mounting higher,
The angels would press on us and aspire
To drop some golden orb of perfect song
Into our deep, dear silence. Let us stay
Rather on earth, Beloved,—where the unfit
Contrarious moods of men recoil away
And isolate pure spirits, and permit
A place to stand and love in for a day,
With darkness and the death-hour rounding it.
| Scheme | ABBAABBACDCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011110101 1111010101 010100110110 110111101 10111111111 11010101010 0101111001 1111011011 01101110111 1011011001 11110101 010110001 0111010101 11000110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 598 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 470 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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