Starter quiz

  • It is rumoured that Barrett Browning's poem 'Sonnet 29' is autobiographical. This means...
    • It is influenced by her own relationship with her husband.  ✓
    • It is written about her best friend's relationship with her husband.
    • It is entirely fictional and based on characters from the Bible.
    • It is written about characters from a famous Greek myth.
    • It was translated from a Portuguese folk tale.
  • In 'Sonnet 29', Barrett Browning presents a __________ view of love.
    • bitter and resentful
    • sad and heart-breaking
    • joyous and uplifting  ✓
    • curious and conflicted
    • anxious and fearful
  • In the final line of 'Sonnet 29', the speaker says "I do not think of thee - I am too near thee". Why does she say this?
    • Her lover has died and will never return so she avoids thinking about him.
    • She refuses to think about him as he has left her and broken her heart.
    • When the couple are reunited and she no longer relies on her fantasy thoughts.  ✓
    • Her obsessive thoughts have driven her insane.
  • During which century did Elizabeth Barrett Browning live and write?
    • 16th
    • 17th
    • 18th
    • 19th  ✓
    • 20th
  • Sonnets were typically written about which topic?
    • 'love' ✓
  • Read this quotation from 'Sonnet 29' - "my thoughts do twine and bud". Which word class are the words "twine' and "bud"?
    • nouns
    • adjectives
    • adverbs
    • verbs  ✓
    • prepositions
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