Sonnet 29

• Structure(29)

  Sonnet - 14 lines

  First 8 lines problem

  last 6 lines solution

  9th line - Volta - the solution - to marry

  Iambic pentameter
• Imagery(29)

  Semantic field of nature

  extended metaphors of trees to symbolise the relationship

  Caesura symbolises her thoughts - vivid strong and a bit stop start

  Flower imagery - symbolised female sexuality - desire for him

  Intense emotion - suffocating imagery - overwhelmed by love
• More stuff(29)

  ‘As wild vines, about a tree’ simile showing the strong bond between them

  ‘O my palm tree’ direct address more personal - exotic / new relationship

  ‘burst, shattered, everywhere!‘ Plosive - without him their relationship will fall apart - obsessive about him

  ‘set thy trunk all bare’ naked imagery - nothing to hide - wants him to propose so she can have all of him
• Who wrote sonnet 29?

  Elizabeth Barret Browning