The stanza is completed with rhyming couplets, which maintains the ingenious depth of the verse form. ... This and other words suggest that even the joining through the flea; their union would be reproached by society. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The use of inner rhyme "depth and breath" confines Browning's love however by professing this, she initially attempts to quantify her love but then implies that it is immeasurable by relating it to the abstract idea of her "soul". ... Browning's use of capital letters emphasizes these words equating the power of her love to the power of the Almighty. ...

• Word Count: 1172
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate