![]() ![]() ![]() Now, a sonnet, for those who need to know, is a poem of 14 lines, but there is usually a certain writing style used. They lived in Florence where she died and her poems were published in various guises, but she is most famously known for this poem, Sonnet 43. She met and was courted by the writer Robert Browning in secret and married him knowing that her father would disown her and disinherit her, so she married for love only, a love that lasts, a love that is eternal. She campaigned against slavery, wrote extensively and upon the death of William Wordsworth, was considered for the next Poet Laureate. This will have affected how she lived her life and her attitudes to life, other people and love itself. She wrote poetry from the age of six, at fifteen suffered illness that caused her to live in pain for the rest of her life and took Laudanum from an early age for the pain. The first thing you need to take into account when reading a poem like this is the life of the poet herself. ![]() I shall but love thee better after death. Smiles, tears, of all my life and, if God choose, In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. ![]() I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight I love thee to the depth and breadth and height How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. ![]()
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