Sonnet 43 Flashcards

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Who wrote ‘Sonnet 43’, and when was it published?

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

To whom is ‘Sonnet 43’ addressed?

Robert Browning, whom she married in 1846.

Why did Elizabeth Barrett marry Robert Browning in secret?

Her father forbade his children to marry.

Where did Elizabeth and Robert Browning live after their marriage?

Italy, mainly Florence.

What form is ‘Sonnet 43’?

A Petrarchan sonnet: an octave and a sestet in iambic pentameter.

What is the first line of ‘Sonnet 43’?

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”

Which phrase is repeated throughout ‘Sonnet 43’?

“I love thee” (anaphora).

Complete the quotation from ‘Sonnet 43’: “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height / …”

“… My soul can reach”.

What is the last line of ‘Sonnet 43’?

“I shall but love thee better after death.”