Sonnet 29

Question 1

Who wrote Sonnet 29?

Answer 1

Elizabeth Browning

Question 2

What time period was it written in?

Answer 2

19th century

Question 3

What are the main themes of the poem?

Answer 3

-Desire
-Loneliness
-Distance

Question 4

Describe some context surrounding the poem

Answer 4

-Wrote letters to Robert Browning
-Married him in secret bc knew father would disapprove
-Disinherited after marriage but still had own money to live comfortably

Question 5

Give a summary of the poem

Answer 5

-Addressing her beloved bc not together
-Wants more personal + physical connection

Question 6

What are the speaker’s emotions?

Answer 6

-Lustful
-Lonely
-Passionate
-Distant
-Missing them

Question 7

I think of thee!

Answer 7

-my thoughts do twine and bud about thee, as wild vines, about a tree
-Growing, constant
-Extended metaphor of nature
-Wrapped
-Tangled, in control of themselves, poem = chaotic nature (mirrors her?) , ucontrollable, they control her

Question 8

as a strong