Sonnet 43

The poem is written in first person

• True

• False

Love and religion are interwoven in the poem

• True

• False

The link between love and religion in the poem is used to emphasise that

• Elizabeth BB was very religious

• Elizabeth BB was not religious

• The love she feels for her partner is as strong as a religion to her

'By sun and candlelight' emphasises that

• She loves him when they are outdoors and indoors

• She loves him continually and perpetually

• She uses comparisons to emphasise her feelings

Who wrote Sonnet 43?

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• Elizabeth Bishop
• Queen Elizabeth
• Elizabeth Gaskell

Who did the poet write Sonnet 43 about?

• Her fiancé, Robert Browning
• Her father, Edward Barrett
• Her son, Robert Barrett Browning
• God

In Sonnet 43, what does the quote 'I shall but love thee better after death' suggest?

• Their love is eternal

• The love will end once they have died

• Their love is dead

• The love isn't real until death

What does "thee" mean?

• The

• Three

• You

• Him

Why did Elizabeth Barrett Browning write sonnets for Robert Browning?

• To express her love.

• Because her father didn't approve of their relationship, so she had to write him secret messages of love instead of speaking to him freely.

• Because she felt that she wasn't clever enough to write longer poems, so she chose a short form instead.

• Because she could pretend that they'd been written in Portuguese and she was just translating them, so people didn't know she'd written them herself.

What does this line mean? "I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise."

• genuinely without desire for adoration and approval

• genuinely without the need for love and happiness

• wholeheartedly without the need for flattery