Elizabeth Barrett Browning & Rober Browning Flashcards
a 14-year old girl who walks through the village singing
Pippa
past grievances that cause painful memories
old griefs
endured
bore
certainly; assuredly
certes
width; distance from side to side
breadth
unfashioned; unformed
unwrought
teeming; surging; boiling over
seething
a strong emotion or desire
passion
to cling to; or, to split apart
cleave
nothing
nought
“I love thee to the level of every day’s …”
“Most quiet need”
ways she does not want to be loved
her smile, the way she looks, her pleasant speaking
“How do I love thee?…”
“Let me count the ways”
“I love the to the depth and breadth and height …”
“My soul can reach”
“All’s right with the world!”
It’s springtime in the morning; the hillside is pearly with dew … and God is in HIs heaven!
“and, if God choose …”
“I shall but love thee better after death.”
imagery in stanza 1 of “Songs from Pippa Passes”
“Till the whole sunrise, not to be suppressed,
Rose reddened, and its seething breast
Flickered in bounds, grew gold, then overflowed
the world.”
Central One Idea of “Songs from Pippa Passes”
Uplifting, happy songs can bring joy and help to others.
“If now, as formerly He trod …”
“Paradise, His presence fills
Our earth, each only as God wills
Can work -“
the one reason she wants to be loved
for love’s sake only
