Sonnets from the Portuguese

Name: Sonnets from the Portuguese
Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnets from the Portuguese is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection was written between 1845 and 1846 and was published in 1850. The sonnets are written in the Petrarchan form and are addressed to her husband, Robert Browning. The collection is divided into three sections, each of which has a distinct theme. The first section is focused on the speaker's love for her husband and her joy in being loved by him. The second section is focused on the speaker's struggle to accept her husband's love and her fear of losing him. The third section is focused on the speaker's joy in being loved by her husband and her desire to be with him forever. The collection is considered to be one of the most important works of Victorian literature and is often seen as a representation of the power of love. It is also seen as a representation of the power of the written word, as the sonnets are a testament to the power of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's love for her husband.

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning · First published 1850 · Genre: Romantic Poetry, Victorian Literature, Love Poetry · 43 chapters · 5,993 words

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But only three in all God's universe / Have heard this word thou hast said,-Himself, beside / Thee speaking, and me listening! and replied / One of us. that was God,. and laid the curse / So darkly on my eyelids, as to amerce / My sight from seeing thee,-that if I had died, / The death-weights, placed there, would have signified / Less absolute exclusion. "Nay" is worse / From God than from all others, O my friend! / Men could not part us with their worldly jars, / Nor the seas change us, nor the tempests bend; / Our hands would touch for all the mountain-bars: / And, heaven being rolled between us at the end, / We should but vow the faster for the stars.

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Work type: Poem
Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Date: 1850 CE
Language: English
Genres: Romantic Poetry, Victorian Literature, Love Poetry, Classical Poetry
Length: 5,993 words
Structure: 43 chapters, 103 paragraphs
Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)

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Romantic Poetry — The book is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a prominent figure in the Romantic Movement.
Victorian Literature — The book was written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a Victorian poet, and published in 1850.
Love Poetry — The book is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Classical Poetry — The book is written in the traditional sonnet form, which is a type of classical poetry.

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