“Sonnets from the Portuguese” Assignment
Access the “Sonnets from the Portuguese” and other Barret Browning poems from the links below. Copy Sonnet 43, 14 and 7 into your study guide. Read the sonnets out loud in order from 7, 14 to 43:
1. What do the sonnets have in common?
2. How do they differ?
Write notes on the sonnet’s format, Browning’s use of language, images, and themes.
Sonnet 7: The Face of All the World is Changed I Think
Sonnet 14: If Thou Must Love Me Let it Be For Nought
Sonnet 43: How do I love Thee Let me Count the Ways
