Sonnet 43 Flashcards
Who wrote ‘Sonnet 43’?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
When was ‘Sonnet 43’ written?
1846
What kind of poem is ‘Sonnet 43’?
Petrachan sonnet
What was Barrett Browning all her life?
ill
What was Barrett Browning’s husband called?
Robert Browning
How many sonnets did Barrett Browning write?
44
Who disapproved of Elizabeth’s marriage to Robert?
Elizabeth’s parents
finish the quote : ‘How do I…..
….love thee?’
finish the quote : ‘let me…
…count the ways’
finish the quote : ‘I love thee to…
…the depth and breadth and height’
finish the quote : ‘my soul…
..can reach’
finish the quote : ‘when feeling….
….out of sight’
finish the quote : ‘for the..
…end of Being’
finish the quote : ‘and ideal…
…grace’
finish the quote : ‘I love thee to the level…
…of every day’s’
finish the quote : ‘most quiet….
…need’
finish the quote : ‘by sun and…
..candlelight’
finish the quote : ‘I love thee…
…freely’
finish the quote : ‘as men…
..strive for right’
finish the quote : ‘I love thee….
…purely’
finish the quote : ‘as they…
..turn from praise’
finish the quote : ‘I love thee with…
…the passion put to use’
finish the quote : ‘in my old…
..griefs’
finish the quote : ‘and with…
…my childhood’s faith’
finish the quote : ‘I love thee…
…with a love I seemed to lose’
finish the quote : ‘with my…
…lost saints’
finish the quote : ‘I love thee with…
…the breath’
finish the quote : ‘smiles…
…tears, of all my life’
finish the quote : ‘and if…
…God choose’
finish the quote : ‘I shall……
…but love thee’
finish the quote : ‘better…
…after death’
What religion was Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
devote Christian
What is the significance of the title ‘Sonnet 43’?
numerous poems dedicated
- devotion + faithfulness
less special… disappointing
not personalised