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WorksheetsSonnet 43
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
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
