Analysing how Browning presents love in 'Sonnet 43'
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I can understand how Barrett Browning uses language, form and structure to present her love as bountiful.
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Barrett Browning wrote this poem to her future husband to express her deep love for him.
Barrett Browning begins the poem by expressing her love in a more abstract and unquantifiable way.
In the sestet, Barrett Browning finds more personal and specific ways to express (and measure) her love.
The image of a sun arguably represents the idea that her lover brings warmth, light, sustenance and purpose to her life.
Barrett Browning’s use of imagery conveys her admiration for, and adoration of her future husband.
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