Sonnet 43 Flashcards
Who wrote the poem
Elizabeth barrett browning
When was it released
1850
What is the first line of the poem
“How do i love thee? Let me cound the ways.”
What is the last line of the poem
“I shall but love thee better after death.”
What is the main theme for the poem
Love
What kond of poet was browning
A victorian poet
Browning illnesses
Suffered form a long life illness
Who is the poem dedicated too
Dedicated the poem to her husband, Robert Browning
Where was it origionally published
Origionally published poetuegese.
This is becuse she was not confident in her work
“How do i…..”
First line
“How do i love thee? Let me count the ways.”
“I love thee freely…”
Middle of poem (7th line)
“I love thee freely, as men strive for right;”
“Smiles, tears...” 13th line (near th end)
“Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if god choose, / i shall but love thee after death”
What does the title show
Shows that it is a love poem.
It is the 43 poem
Analyse - “let me count the ways” Starting line (first line)
Shows that there are many ways,can suggest how much browning loves her husband
Analyse - “depth apand breadth and height / my soul can reach”
Near the start (3rd line)
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
Analyse - “by sun and candlelight.”
Middle of poem (line 6)
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.
Analyse - “i love thee freely, as men strive for right;”
In the middle (line 7)
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.
Analyse - “my old griefs”
Near the end (line 10)
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.
Analyse - “i shall but love thee better after death” Last line (line 14)
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.
Why is the poem brocken up by punctuation
The frequently brocken up by punctuation showing the speaking is excited.
What does the religious imagery show. “Soul” “lost saints” “if god choose”
It like a prayer, praying that they will be together.
Repetition of “i love thee”
Throughout the peom
Reflects the devotion/ constant feeling towards her husband.
Enjambment withing the poem
Her love is constant and will be there forever, there is no end.
A perfect rhyme is not always included - “praise” and “faith”
Middle of poem
This suggesr sthat love has its imperfections. This is rhyming of the vowl sounds.
How many stanzas doe the poem contain
1 stanza with 14 lines, it is a sonnet.
