The Brownings Flashcards
“Sonnets from the Portuguese” missing words:
“Cuckoo-song”
“Sonnets may address a range of issues or themes, but _____, the original subject of the sonnet, is perhaps still the most prevalent.”
Love
Who was the sculptor of Neptune in “My Last Duchess”?
Claus of Innsbruck
The monks want Lippo to paint the ____, not the bodies
Souls
R. Browning is said to write in the tradition of:
John Donne
Where is the Duke and his companion?
On the grand staircase
What is a “shroud”?
A cover or shelter
“Ask ________ why they weep, and not the children,
For the outside earth is cold…”
The aged
God’s reaction:
God can’t hear them because of the noise
R. Browning went to ____________________ in 1828
University of London
The children only know two words of praying:
Our father
“I love thee to the depth and breadth and height” an allusion:
Christian allusion
“Porphyria’s Lover” is set:
Just after her death
Sonnetto means:
“Little song”
Hyperbole means:
Overstatement, incredible exaggeration