Poetry - Sonnet 43

Question 1

Context for Sonnet 43

Answer 1

• Written 1850 by infirm Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861).
• She was married to Robert Browning.
• Took the risk of eloping with him to marry.
• She was a famous published poet in her own day.
• Part of a collection.

Question 2

Summary of Sonnet 43

Answer 2

A declaration of a person’s immense and varied love for their partner by ‘counting the ways’ of their loving.

Question 3

Theme Comparisons for Sonnet 43.

Answer 3

Admiration - i wanna be yours

Question 4

Message of Sonnet 43

Answer 4

Intense feelings of love are difficult to quantify