Sonnet 43
Cards (46)
- When was "Sonnet 43" published?
- What collection is "Sonnet 43" part of?
- How many sonnets are in the collection?
- Who is the husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
- Why did Barrett Browning write the sonnets?
- What does "Sonnet 43" express about Barrett Browning's love?
- What literary figure did Browning compare her sonnets to?
- What does the title "Sonnets from the Portuguese" suggest?
- What was the original working title of the collection?
- What does the nickname "my little Portuguese" refer to?
- What does Barrett Browning attempt to enumerate in the poem?
- What structure does "Sonnet 43" follow?
- How many lines does a Petrarchan sonnet have?
- What is the rhyme scheme of "Sonnet 43"?
- What is the base meter of "Sonnet 43"?
- What does the volta in a sonnet signify?
- How does Barrett Browning explore her love in the octave?
- What does the phrase "I love thee" signify in the poem?
- How many times is "I love thee" repeated?
- What does the archaic form "thee" communicate?
- What does Barrett Browning's preference for "thee" suggest?
- What semantic field is noticeable in "Sonnet 43"?
- What rhetorical question does the poem begin with?
- What does the metrical inversion in "How do I love thee" emphasize?
- What does the phrase "let me count the ways" imply?
- What does the triplet "depth and breadth and height" signify?
- What does the phrase "when feeling out of sight" suggest?
- What biblical passage does Barrett Browning's love echo?
- How does Barrett Browning's love relate to spirituality?
- What does the phrase "all day every day" convey about her love?
- What do the similes in "I love thee freely" and "I love thee purely" suggest?
- What does the climax of emotion occur in the poem?
- How does Barrett Browning describe her love's transformation?
- What illness did Barrett Browning suffer from?
- What does "I love thee with a love I seemed to lose" imply?
- What does the phrase "lost saints" refer to?
- Why did Barrett Browning and Robert Browning elope?
- What tragic events affected Barrett Browning's life?
- How does Barrett Browning's love relate to her past griefs?
- What does the caesura in the final lines signify?