Sonnet 29 Flashcards
What form is it written in?
Petrarchan sonnet (Italian love song)
What does the Petrarchan sonnet opposing?
The Shakespearean sonnet
What is the extended metaphor?
Wild vines concealing a tree (her thoughts)
Why does Browning not use a Shakespeare sonnet?
He was more sexual and had mistresses, Petrarchan sonnet suggests all consuming love
When does it slip out of iambic pentameter?
Line 3
Why does it slip out of iambic pentameter?
Heart skips a beat and love is too intense
Where is the volta?
7-8
How is the reversal of roles portrayed?
Woman engulfs man
My thoughts do twine and bud…
About thee as wild vines
O my…
Palm tree
Rustle thy…
Bought and set thy trunk all bare
Let these bands…
Of greenery which insphere thee drop heavily down- burst, shattered, everywhere!
Breathe within thy shadow…
A new air
I do not think of thee…
I am too near thee
