Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!' Flashcards

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Who wrote ‘Sonnet 29 – I think of thee!’, and in which collection?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850).

To whom is ‘Sonnet 29’ addressed?

Robert Browning, whom she married in 1846.

Who disapproved of Elizabeth Barrett’s marriage, so that it took place in secret?

Her father.

What form is ‘Sonnet 29’?

A Petrarchan sonnet: 14 lines of iambic pentameter, rhyming ABBAABBA CDCDCD.

What extended metaphor does ‘Sonnet 29’ use for the speaker’s thoughts?

Wild vines growing around her beloved, who is a tree.

What does the speaker call her beloved in line 5 of ‘Sonnet 29’?

“O my palm-tree”.

In ‘Sonnet 29’, what does the speaker ask her beloved to do?

“Renew thy presence”: come back to her in person.

What is the last line of ‘Sonnet 29’?

“I do not think of thee—I am too near thee.”