Sonnet 43 Flashcards

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1
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who is the writer?

A

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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when was it written?

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1850

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themes?

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  • love and relationships
  • faith and worship
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context?

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  • written for her husband Robert Browning
  • Elizabeth Barret Browning was ill most of her life
  • she died at 50
  • Browning was very religious - a devoted Christian
  • some critics view Browning as a romantic poet
  • love poem
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form + structure?

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  • Petrarchan sonnet
  • regular structure
  • repetition of ‘I love thee’
  • irregular rhyme scheme
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6
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How do I _____ _____? Let me count the ways.

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love thee

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7
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I love thee to the _____ and _____ and height.

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depth/breadth

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8
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For the ends of _____ and ideal _____.

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Being/Grace

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9
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Most quiet need, by _____ and _____.

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sun/candlelight

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10
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I love thee _____ as men strive for Right;

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freely

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I love thee ____, as they turn from Praise.

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purely

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12
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In my _____ _____, and with my childhood’s faith

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old griefs

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13
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I love thee with a love I seemed _____ _____

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to lose

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14
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With my _____ _____- I love thee with the breath

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lost saints

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15
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I shall but love thee _____ after death

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better

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16
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what does the word ‘Sonnet’ mean in the title?

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that the poem is about love or respect

17
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what does the phrase ‘depth and breadth and height’ show?

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that Browning’s love for her husband is immeasurable

18
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what does the phrase ‘My soul can reach’ show?

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infinite love

19
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what imagery is the word ‘Grace’?

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religious imagery

20
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what does the phrase ‘by sun and candlelight’ link to?

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  • reference to light
  • pastoral imagery
  • she loves him continually
  • he is a human requirement to her
21
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what does the adverb ‘freely’ show?

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  • inherent love
  • part of her
22
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what does the adverb ‘purely’ show?

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  • unconditional love
23
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what does the repitition of ‘I love thee’ three times show?

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  • she loves him always
24
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what does the phrase ‘old griefs’ mean?

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  • her love is as extreme as her sadness
  • extreme feeling
25
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what does the phrase ‘childhood’s faith’ show?

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she was eager and pure

26
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what does this phrase show: ‘I love thee with a love I seemed to love with my lost saints’

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she idolises him the same as he idolises her lost saints

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what does the use of ‘!’ show in the second to last line?

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  • it is a fast delivery of the line
  • there was no hesitation
  • she has no doubt for her love for him
28
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what does the phrase ‘love thee better after death’ show?

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immortal love - links to religious imagery