Sonnet 43

Question 1

Opening rhetorical question

Answer 1

How do I love thee?

Question 2

Anaphora of this phrase

Answer 2

I love thee

Question 3

the narrator has many ways he loves the person

Answer 3

Let me count the ways

Question 4

biblical reference of how much the narrator loves the person

Answer 4

depth and breadth and height

Question 5

what are some examples of the semantic field of religion

Answer 5

ideal Grace…Praise…faith

Question 6

the narrator loves the person from day and night

Answer 6

by sun and candlelight

Question 7

the narrators lover has meant she believes him to be perfect and righteous

Answer 7

as men strive for right

Question 8

the narrator believes that men are humble as they do this

Answer 8

turn from Praise

Question 9

the poet will continue loving the person, even more in Heaven

Answer 9

I shall love thee better after death

Question 10

narrator reflects on their past grievances

Answer 10

Smiles, tears of all my life!

Question 11

What is the form of the Poem

Answer 11

it is a Petrarchan sonnet, a typical love poem

Question 12

Why is the form slightly different

Answer 12

normally there is a volta after the octave but in this poem, it is later, suggesting overflowing love

Question 13

when did she become famous

Answer 13

before she got married

Question 14

what was her relationship with her husband like

Answer 14

she was besotted with him

Question 15

how many poems were in the collection

Answer 15

this was 43/44

Question 16

why and how did she publish the poem

Answer 16

her husband convinced her to under the guise that they were Spanish translations as the poems were very personal

Question 17

what does the spiritual tone hint

Answer 17

that the poet was exploring transience due to her ailments as a child

Question 18

narrator puts her trust in God

Answer 18

if God choose