Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Who is the addressee of the poem "Sonnet 43" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning assumed to be?

• Her father

• Her husband Robert

• Her son

• Her friend

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What does the poem "Sonnet 43" convey about love and relationships?

• They are limited to earthly conventions

• They can transcend earth and daily conventions of society

• They are bound by time and place

• They are self-indulgent

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What theme does the speaker introduce in "Sonnet 43"?

• The theme of betrayal

• The theme of love

• The theme of jealousy

• The theme of friendship

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What does the speaker claim about her love for the addressee in "Sonnet 43"?

• She will love him only in this life

• She will love him in any kind of place or dimension, or time or day

• She will love him only during the day

• She will love him only in a specific place

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What does the speaker claim about her love for the addressee after death in "Sonnet 43"?

• She will forget him

• She will love him past death

• She will stop loving him

• She will love someone else

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What did Elizabeth Barrett Browning's relationship with Robert Browning break?

• Social conventions

• Financial stability

• Family ties

• Political rules

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What collection by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is Sonnet 43 taken from?

• Sonnets from the Portuguese

• Sonnets from Italy

• Sonnets from England

• Sonnets from France

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Why did Barrett Browning pose the series of sonnets as translations?

• Because she wanted to hide her English identity

• Because translation was perceived as a female occupation while writing love poems was for men

• Because she was not confident in her writing

• Because she wanted to follow Shakespeare

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Which poets are mainly associated with the form of sonnets mentioned in the text?

• Shakespeare and Petrarch

• Milton and Chaucer

• Wordsworth and Coleridge

• Keats and Shelley

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What did Petrarchan Sonnets often focus on?

• Political issues

• Unrequited love

• Nature

• War

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