Elizabeth Barrett Browning & Rober Browning Flashcards

1
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a 14-year old girl who walks through the village singing

A

Pippa

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2
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past grievances that cause painful memories

A

old griefs

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3
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endured

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bore

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4
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certainly; assuredly

A

certes

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5
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width; distance from side to side

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breadth

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6
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unfashioned; unformed

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unwrought

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7
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teeming; surging; boiling over

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seething

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8
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a strong emotion or desire

A

passion

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9
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to cling to; or, to split apart

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cleave

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10
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nothing

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nought

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11
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“I love thee to the level of every day’s …”

A

“Most quiet need”

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12
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ways she does not want to be loved

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her smile, the way she looks, her pleasant speaking

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13
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“How do I love thee?…”

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“Let me count the ways”

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14
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“I love the to the depth and breadth and height …”

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“My soul can reach”

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15
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“All’s right with the world!”

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It’s springtime in the morning; the hillside is pearly with dew … and God is in HIs heaven!

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16
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“and, if God choose …”

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“I shall but love thee better after death.”

17
Q

imagery in stanza 1 of “Songs from Pippa Passes”

A

“Till the whole sunrise, not to be suppressed,
Rose reddened, and its seething breast
Flickered in bounds, grew gold, then overflowed
the world.”

18
Q

Central One Idea of “Songs from Pippa Passes”

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Uplifting, happy songs can bring joy and help to others.

19
Q

“If now, as formerly He trod …”

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“Paradise, His presence fills
Our earth, each only as God wills
Can work -“

20
Q

the one reason she wants to be loved

A

for love’s sake only