Poetry Anthology - Sonnet 43

Who wrote Sonnet 43?

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

What era did the poet of Sonnet 43 live?

• Victorian
• Elizabethan
• Georgian
• Jacobean

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 is the narrator trying to measure the 'depth and breadth and height' of?

• Love
• The sun
• God
• Hate

'With the breathe, smile and tears of my life!' this emphasises that

• She loves her partner with everything she has and feels

• The listing emphasises the depth to which she loves him

• We can visualise her facial expression as we read the poem

What is the connection between iambic pentameter and the theme of the poem

• There is no connection

• The iambic pentameter is said to mimic the heartbeat, therefore associated with love

• The iambic pentameter is connected with grief

• All poets use iambic pentameter

Complete the quote from 'Sonnet 43': 'I shall but love thee better after _____'

• dinner

• tonight

• death

• tomorrow