Sonnet 43

Question 1

Who wrote Sonnet 43?

Answer 1

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Question 2

What is the context of Sonnet 43?

Answer 2

Wife of Robert Browning
Published in 1850, Victorian Times
EBB’s father didn’t approve of he marriage so writing sonnets was a way of showing love
Brother died young so father is overprotective

Question 3

What is the form of Sonnet 43?

Answer 3

It is a sonnet

Question 4

What is the structure of Sonnet 43?

Answer 4

Iambic Pentameter, 14 line sonnet, unconventional rhyme scheme, shows unconventionalness of love

Question 5

What words suggest the multi dimensional nature of her love and what else?

Answer 5

I love thee to the depth breadth and height my sould can reach-suggesting that she can reach impossible extremes with love.

Question 6

What quotes do you need to remember?[4]

Answer 6

‘I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach’
‘I love thee to the level of every day’s most quite need, by sun and candlelight’
‘I love thee freely’
‘I shall but love thee better after death’