- i love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach - most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. i love thee freely as men strive for Right - Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, i shall but love thee better after death.

- autobiographical poem - written as a part of a series of sonnets for her lover Robert - father had forbidden their relationship but they continued in secret and eventually married - robert thought they should be published but they were deeply intimate for the prudish Victorians so they published them as translations of a Portuguese poet - she had a lifelong illness: enabled her to see what a privilege love is

Sonnet 43 Flashcards by Gabi Holland

poet

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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date

1850

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i love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach
most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. i love thee freely as men strive for Right
Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, i shall but love thee better after death.

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autobiographical poem
written as a part of a series of sonnets for her lover Robert
father had forbidden their relationship but they continued in secret and eventually married
robert thought they should be published but they were deeply intimate for the prudish Victorians so they published them as translations of a Portuguese poet
she had a lifelong illness: enabled her to see what a privilege love is

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