Sonnet 43

Question 1

Author?

Answer 1

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Question 2

-context?

Answer 2

• brother drowned when she was 32
• sonnet associated with traditional love poetry

Question 3

What is the structure?

Answer 3

Goes from physical to spiritual shows the levels of their love

Question 4

What do the dashes mean?

Answer 4

Breaks up rhyme makes it sound breathless with excitement

Question 5

Quote that shows that there are no measurements to her love

Answer 5

“I love thee to the depth and breadth and height”

Question 6

Which two things shows that she loves him constantly through time

Answer 6

“By sun and candlelight”
Repetition of “I love thee”

Question 7

What quote shows that she loves him with the same passion as religion, she almost idolizes him. He love is also like religion and gives meaning to her existence-
Unconditional.

Answer 7

“Ideal grace”