Sonnet 29 - I Think of Thee!
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- Sonnet 29 - I think of thee!
- Written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Written for Robert Barrett Browining
- Her secret lover
- Her father didn't want her to marry so instead tried to keep them from each other
- They ran away together
- Her father didn't want her to marry so instead tried to keep them from each other
- Her secret lover
- She was famous in the UK and the US for her poems
- 1806-1861
- Written for Robert Barrett Browining
- The narrator addresses the subject personally
- Makes it more personal
- The narrator is thinking about her lover
- Only when he's not around
- But she hopes her thoughts won't over-hype the reality
- Form
- Sonnet
- 14 lines
- Usually about love
- Used in Petrarchan form
- 8 lines
- Octave
- Presenting a problem
- Followed by 6 lines
- Sestet
- Presents a solution
- However the solution comes early
- In the middle of line 7
- This represents her impatience to see him
- "Rather, instantly"
- This represents her impatience to see him
- In the middle of line 7
- However the solution comes early
- Presents a solution
- Sestet
- Octave
- 8 lines
- Sonnet
- Structure
- The transition from the problem to the solution represents the difference between thinking and being with her lover
- This is emphasised by the reversal of the first and last lines of the poem
- "I do not think of thee"
- This is emphasised by the reversal of the first and last lines of the poem
- The transition from the problem to the solution represents the difference between thinking and being with her lover
- Language
- Extended metaphor
- Her lover is a tree
- She wants her lover to be a strong, permanent part of her life
- She is vines wrapping around him
- Her thoughts are constantly growing
- Wild
- Her lover is a tree
- The use of "!" shows the joy that she gets from thinking about him
- Plosive sounds/ dynamic verbs
- Shows how much she wants to be with him
- "Burst, shattered, everywhere"
- Extended metaphor
- Written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Compare with
- Romantic love - longing
- Love's Philosophy
- Porphyria's Lover
- The Farmer's Bride
- Romantic love - fulfillment
- Porphyria's Lover
- Winter Swans
- Singh Song!
- Distance
- When We Two Parted
- Neutral Tones
- The Farmer's Bride
- Walking Away
- Letters From Yorkshire
- Eden Rock
- Mother, any distance
- Winter Swans
- Desire and longing
- Love's Philosophy
- Porphyria's Lover
- The Farmer's Bride
- Letters From Yorkshire
- Follower
- Before You Mine
- Nature
- Love's Philosophy
- Neutral Tones
- The Farmer's Bride
- Letter's From Yorkshire
- Follower
- Winter Swans
- Climbing My Grandfather
- Romantic love - longing
- Thoughts and feelings
- Longing
- She wants to be with her lover and not just think about him
- Intensity
- Her lover is constantly on her mind
- When they're apart
- Her lover is constantly on her mind
- Celebration
- She enjoys her thoughts
- She celebrates the idea of him coming into her life
- Longing
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