Sonnet 43 Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
What is Sonnet 43 about?
A
An attempt by the narrator to express her love for her lover, which is so great it could last after death
2
Q
Context
A
- one of a series of sonnets to her husband Robert Browning whom she married in 1846
- married against her father’s will and her father disowned her because of disobedience so refused to see or speak to her
- chronically ill from the age of 15
3
Q
How is love presented in this poem?
A
- idealises romantic relationships through hyperbolic language almost transcendental
- conveys a deep emotional intensity
- refers to the constancy in all the different ways
4
Q
What is interesting about the structure of this poem?
A
Octet - extent and amount of love, sombre, melancholic, morbid imagery of death
Sestet - ways to love, love has same passion and intensity
5
Q
What are good poems to compare Sonnet 43 with?
A
She Walks in Beauty
6
Q
Who wrote it?
A
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
