Set 4

Question 1

Sonnet 29 - ‘I think of thee’ poet

Answer 1

Elizabeth browning

Question 2

Sonnet 29 context

Answer 2

Browning had ill health her whole life
Written to Robert Browning (never intended to be published but he insisted)
Elizabeth’s father disapproved of relationship
(She got disinherited)

Question 3

Sonnet 29 vines

Answer 3

“As wild vines”

Question 4

Sonnet 29 tree

Answer 4

“As a strong tree should”

Question 5

Sonnet 29 trunk

Answer 5

“Set thy trunk all bare”

Question 6

Sonnet 29 shadow

Answer 6

“Breathe within thy shadow”

Question 7

Sonnet 29 think

Answer 7

“I do not think of thee”

Question 8

Love’s philosophy poet

Answer 8

Percy Byschee Shelley

Question 9

Love’s philosophy context

Answer 9

Published pamphlet on atheism in 1811
Married Mary Walstonecraft and ran away from pregnant first wife
Suggests it is Gods law for man and woman to be together

Question 10

Loves philosophy water

Answer 10

“The fountains with the river and the river with the ocean”

Question 11

Loves philosophy winds

Answer 11

“Winds of heaven mix forever”

Question 12

Loves philosophy sunlight

Answer 12

“Sunlight clasps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea”

Question 13

Love’s philosophy kiss

Answer 13

“What are all these kissings worth if thou kiss me not?”