De Profundis by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem De Profundis that begins with:

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The face, which, duly as the sun, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbaaB X bbXaB X bbaaB X bbccb a bbdXB a bbeeB X bbccb X bbfXb X bbaab e bbffB a bXggb X Xbddb X XXggb X bbddb X bbXXb X bbffb X bbhhb X bbffb X bbccb X bbXab X bbddb X bbccB X Bbggb XXbbhhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110101 11110110 011110001 01010101 11111111 1 01110111 11000101 1100100101 11100101 11111111 1 01110111 11011101 01010101 01110101 11111111 1 11011101 110101001 110111101 11011101 10111111 1 011100001 01010001 11011101 111101011 11111111 1 01110101 11111110 10010101 11101100 11111111 1 11011101 11011101 11111101 11110101 11000111 1 11110101 01111101 11000111 11011101 11011111 1 01010101 11000101 01011101 01111011 11110011 1 11110101 11111101 011101110 010101010 11111111 1 11110001 10011101 110111001 110101101 11111111 1 10010110 01011011 11011101 10110111 01010111 1 11111110 01110100 11111101 11011111 11111111 1 01010111 110010111 11010101 11011111 11110011 1 011001101 11110101 01010111 11010100 010011101 1 11110111 11010111 110101001 11010111 010111111 1 11011101 10111101 11010111 011100011 10011111 1 11011101 11010101 01010101 11010111 11011111 1 11011101 11110111 01010101 10011001 11010111 1 10110111 11010111 10111100 01010111 11010011 1 11110101 11010101 11011001 10000100 11111111 1 11010111 10110101 01011101 110111111 11111111 1 11111111 11111111 111111011 01011101 11111111 1 11001111 101100111 10110101 11111101 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, on, no, days are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on is repeated).

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  • summary of De Profundis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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