Sonnet 43

Question 1

Who wrote the poem

Answer 1

Elizabeth barrett browning

Question 2

When was it released

Answer 2

1850

Question 3

What is the first line of the poem

Answer 3

“How do i love thee? Let me cound the ways.”

Question 4

What is the last line of the poem

Answer 4

“I shall but love thee better after death.”

Question 5

What is the main theme for the poem

Answer 5

Love

Question 6

What kond of poet was browning

Answer 6

A victorian poet

Question 7

Browning illnesses

Answer 7

Suffered form a long life illness

Question 8

Who is the poem dedicated too

Answer 8

Dedicated the poem to her husband, Robert Browning

Question 9

Where was it origionally published

Answer 9

Origionally published poetuegese.

This is becuse she was not confident in her work

Question 10

“How do i…..”

First line

Answer 10

“How do i love thee? Let me count the ways.”

Question 11

“I love thee freely…”

Middle of poem (7th line)

Answer 11

“I love thee freely, as men strive for right;”

Question 12

“Smiles, tears...”
13th line (near th end)

Answer 12

“Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if god choose, / i shall but love thee after death”

Question 13

What does the title show

Answer 13

Shows that it is a love poem.

It is the 43 poem

Question 14

Analyse - “let me count the ways”
Starting line (first line)

Answer 14

Shows that there are many ways,can suggest how much browning loves her husband

Question 15

Analyse - “depth apand breadth and height / my soul can reach”
Near the start (3rd line)

Answer 15

Metaphor - repatition of “and” creates a list like affect. Seems like she is excited to think about more ways to describe her love.
Enjambment - suggest that her love is limitless and will also go on

Question 16

Analyse - “by sun and candlelight.”

Middle of poem (line 6)

Answer 16

Positive imagery of light. Sun is a powerful expressing How strong her love is.
A candle light is associated with giving comfort.
These thems sum up how she feel about him, her live neber changes and she loves every part of him and the time they spend with each other every day. Such like how the sun rises and falls everyday and never changes.

Question 17

Analyse - “i love thee freely, as men strive for right;”

In the middle (line 7)

Answer 17

No one can change her mind. Links to browning becuse she is going against her father for he was againSt her marrying robert browning.
She is fight ping for her love since her father disaproves (shown through “as men strive for right”)
Fighting for freedom.

Question 18

Analyse - “my old griefs”

Near the end (line 10)

Answer 18

Browning had strong disagreements with her parents and was eventually disinherated. Autobiagriphical, suggests problems she has had in the past.
She has replaced her old heartache with the strongest kind of love.

Question 19

Analyse - “i shall but love thee better after death”
Last line (line 14)

Answer 19

Her olove will carry on after death.
It is eternal.
Link stonher illness, she knew she was going to die and doesnt wast her love to fade out.

Question 20

Why is the poem brocken up by punctuation

Answer 20

The frequently brocken up by punctuation showing the speaking is excited.

Question 21

What does the religious imagery show. “Soul” “lost saints” “if god choose”

Answer 21

It like a prayer, praying that they will be together.

Question 22

Repetition of “i love thee”

Throughout the peom

Answer 22

Reflects the devotion/ constant feeling towards her husband.

Question 23

Enjambment withing the poem

Answer 23

Her love is constant and will be there forever, there is no end.

Question 24

A perfect rhyme is not always included - “praise” and “faith”
Middle of poem

Answer 24

This suggesr sthat love has its imperfections. This is rhyming of the vowl sounds.

Question 25

How many stanzas doe the poem contain

Answer 25

1 stanza with 14 lines, it is a sonnet.