What form is it written in?
Petrarchan sonnet (Italian love song)
What does the Petrarchan sonnet opposing?
The Shakespearean sonnet
What is the extended metaphor?
Wild vines concealing a tree (her thoughts)
Why does Browning not use a Shakespeare sonnet?
He was more sexual and had mistresses, Petrarchan sonnet suggests all consuming love
When does it slip out of iambic pentameter?
Line 3
Why does it slip out of iambic pentameter?
Heart skips a beat and love is too intense
Where is the volta?
7-8
How is the reversal of roles portrayed?
Woman engulfs man
My thoughts do twine and bud…
About thee as wild vines
O my…
Palm tree
Rustle thy…
Bought and set thy trunk all bare
Let these bands…
Of greenery which insphere thee drop heavily down- burst, shattered, everywhere!
Breathe within thy shadow…
A new air
I do not think of thee…
I am too near thee
