Analysis of Sonnet XXIX
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
I think of thee !--my thoughts do twine and bud
About thee, as wild vines, about a tree,
Put out broad leaves, and soon there 's nought to see
Except the straggling green which hides the wood.
Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood
I will not have my thoughts instead of thee
Who art dearer, better ! Rather, instantly
Renew thy presence; as a strong tree should,
Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare,
And let these bands of greenery which insphere thee
Drop heavily down,--burst, shattered, everywhere !
Because, in this deep joy to see and hear thee
And breathe within thy shadow a new air,
I do not think of thee--I am too near thee.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 0111110101 11110111111 010111101 111111101 1111110111 11101010100 0111010111 1011011111 01111100111 1100111010 01011111011 010111011 11111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 495 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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