Elizabeth Barrett Browning Women Writers and English Literature Katherinne Ibañez Mariela Martinez Jessica Silva

Biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning ( )

Life Birth : 1806 Childhood : volume of poems (50 copies of a juvenile epic) Adolescence : invalid Marriag e:12 September Robert Browning Death: 1861

Career Works: The Seraphim and Other Poems” (1838) Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850) “Casa Guidi Windows”, 1851 “Aurora Leigh” 1856 Recognition : Most respected female poets Mentioned as a successor to Wordsworth as Poet LaureateWordsworth Considered one of England’s greatest poetesses

Sonnets from the Portuguese My future will not copy fair my past – I wrote that once; and thinking at my side My ministering life-angel justified The word by his appealing look upcast To the white throne of God, I turned at last, And there, instead, saw thee, not unallied To angels in thy soul! Then I, long tried By natural ills, received the comfort fast, While budding, at thy sight, my pilgrim's staff Gave out green leaves with morning dews impearled. I seek no copy now of life's first half: Leave here the pages with long musing curled, And write me new my future's epigraph, New angel mine, unhoped for in the world!

The title was a reference to a term of “my little Portuguese” a reference to her dark complexion that her husband used to name her.

Sonnets from the Portuguese It was written after she escaped her father's control. It is a set of love poems (XLIII). It demonstrates how love and relationships can be pure, eternal and unconditional. It shows the women’s essence loving and expressing sentiments of love

Sonnets from the Portuguese They were dedicated to her husband and written in secret before her marriage. She started to write the poems in1845. She showed them to her husband in1848. It was published in 1850.

Sonnets from the Portuguese Sonnet: poem with 14 lines and regular rhymes. It’s written in Old English. Each rhyme has 10 syllables. 1.My future will not copy fair my past – 2.I wrote that once; and thinking at my side 3.My ministering life-angel justified 4.The word by his appealing look upcast 5.To the white throne of God, I turned at last, 6.And there, instead, saw thee, not unallied 7.To angels in thy soul! Then I, long tried 8.By natural ills, received the comfort fast, 9.While budding, at thy sight, my pilgrim's staff 10.Gave out green leaves with morning dews impearled. 11.I seek no copy now of life's first half: 12.Leave here the pages with long musing curled, 13.And write me new my future's epigraph, 14.New angel mine, unhoped for in the world! The rhyme scheme …

Sonnets from the Portuguese XLII My future will not copy fair my past – I wrote that once; and thinking at my side My ministering life-angel justified The word by his appealing look upcast To the white throne of God, I turned at last, And there, instead, saw thee, not unallied To angels in thy soul! Then I, long tried By natural ills, received the comfort fast, While budding, at thy sight, my pilgrim's staff Gave out green leaves with morning dews impearled. I seek no copy now of life's first half: Leave here the pages with long musing curled, And write me new my future's epigraph, New angel mine, unhoped for in the world!

Personal Response Sonnet XLII These sonnets were written by Elizabeth Browning and published in They are 43 sonnets in total. They were dedicated to Elizabeth’s husband and they express sentiments of love. Specifically, the sonnet XLII has 14 lines and a regular rhythm. Moreover, it is written in Old English and was available to people in 1844.

The sonnet is very attractive as it mentions how she imagines her life with her future husband. Besides, we can read how she compares her past life with her future. It is too romantic because she looks at the future with affection and hope.

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Old English poetry has a different metrical system from modern English. In Old English poetry, each line must contain four fully stressed syllables, which often alliterate. The unstressed syllables are less important. Old English poetry is an example of the alliterative verse found in most of the older Germanic languages.Old English poetry