How Do I Love Thee

Question 1

What period/era was Browning famous

Answer 1

Victorian

Question 2

What was the poem collection called and why?

Answer 2

“From the Portuguese”, it was her husband’s nickname for her. Many critics/readers thought they were translations and Browning possibly meant for them too seem that way instead of her own original poems as they might be more popular then. She was also a translator which gives backing to these theories.

Question 3

Who did she marry?

Answer 3

Robert Browning, another famous poet in the 1800s they wrote letters to eachother complimenting eachothers work

Question 4

Sick throughout her life, as a child?

Answer 4

She was bed-bound as a child

Question 5

Education?

Answer 5

Never formally educated

Question 6

Rich family, father

Answer 6

Controlling father, forbade her from marrying

Question 7

Which other poets was she influenced by?

Answer 7

William Wordsworth, Percy Shelley and Robert Browning

Question 8

What type of sonnet did she use often throughout the collection?

Answer 8

Petrarchan