This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxiii: Is It Indeed So? that begins with:
Is it indeed so? If I lay here dead,
Wouldst thou miss any life in losing mine? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0001101111 1111010101 1101111101 0101110111 1100110111 1110010111 1010111111 1111011101 01011011101 1111111111 1101011101 1101110101 1101111101 11110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
- Average number of words per stanza: 122
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, love, me are repeated.
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More information about poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Analysis of Sonnet 31 - Thou Comest! All Is Said Without A Word
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxxvii: Pardon, Oh, Pardon
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxxiv: With The Same Heart
