Sonnet 29 ' I Think Of Thee'

Question 1

Themes:

Answer 1

• Secret Love
• Desire, Longing
• Nature
• Joy, Passion

Question 2

Compare With:

Answer 2

• Letters From Yorkshire
• Love’s Philosophy
• Porphyria’s Lover
• Singh Song

Question 3

Secret Love:

Answer 3

• “I think of thee- my thoughts do twine and bud”
• “About thee, as wild vines about a tree”

Question 4

Desire, Longing:

Answer 4

• “Renew thy presence; as a strong tree should”
• “And set thy trunk bare”
• “I will not have my thoughts instead of thee”

Question 5

Nature:

Answer 5

• “O my palm tree”
• “As wild vines, about a tree”
• “These bands of greenery”
• “As a strong thee should”

Question 6

Joy, Passion:

Answer 6

• “Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk bare”
• “Prop heavily down, burst, shattered everywhere”

Question 7

Compare With: Porphyria’s Lover

Answer 7

• The narrator is always very needy and hungry for their partner’s love
• Sexually Begging

Question 8

Compare With: Singh Song

Answer 8

• The partner talks so amazing about their partner
• They are always in different places throughout the poem
• In the end, they are together

Question 9

Structure:

Answer 9

• The transition of the poem from the problem to the solution reflects the difference between the narrator thinking about her lover and being with him

Question 10

Form:

Answer 10

• Sonnets are normally used for a real love
• End of poem is happily ever after

Question 11

Tone:

Answer 11

• About longing and desire
• Creates intensity
• She takes pleasure in her feelings of love for him