4.1.3
Key Quotes & Comparisons
Key Quotations: Sonnet 29
Key Quotations: Sonnet 29
Here's some key quotes to remember for you exam:
'Twine and bud...'
'Twine and bud...'
- 'My thoughts do twine and bud / About thee, as wild vines, about a tree'.
- Browning builds up an extended metaphor of her feelings being vines, whilst her lover is a steadfast tree.
- Her thoughts are unconstrained and growing out of control, obscuring the reality of her lover.
'My palm-tree...'
'My palm-tree...'
- 'Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood / I will not have my thoughts instead of thee'.
- This quote indicates her changing mind in the second quatrain as she is beginning to realise that she should not place her thoughts of her lover over his physical presence
"Renew thy presence...'
"Renew thy presence...'
- 'Renew thy presence; as a strong tree should'.
- As our narrator reaches this state of breaking free from her thoughts, the language of the poem becomes excited.
- Explosive verbs and imperatives, such as 'renew', exemplify the narrator’s reinvigorated desire for her lover.
Key Comparisons: Sonnet 29
Key Comparisons: Sonnet 29
Here are some suggestions for poems you could compare Sonnet 29 to. Remember, there are endless options!
Letters from Yorkshire
Letters from Yorkshire
- You could compare depictions of love over distances and how the poets present these depictions.
Singh Song!
Singh Song!
- You could compare the powerful and emotive metaphors for love or barriers to love and connection.
1When We Two Parted - Lord Byron (1788-1824)
2Love’s Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley
3Porphyria’s Lover - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
4Sonnet 29 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
4.1Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Analysis
5Neutral Tones - Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
6Letters from Yorkshire - Maura Dooley (Born 1957)
6.1Letters from Yorkshire Analysis
7The Farmer’s Bride - Charlotte Mew (1869-1928)
8Walking Away - Cecil Day Lewis (1904-1972)
8.1Walking Away Analysis
9Eden Rock - Charles Causley (1917-2003)
10Follower - Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)
10.1Follower Analysis
11‘Mother, Any Distance’ - Simon Armitage (Born1963
11.1'Mother, Any Distance' Analysis
12Before You Were Mine - Carol Ann Duffy (Born 1955)
12.1Before You Were Mine Analysis
13Winter Swans - Owen Sheers (Born 1974)
14Singh Song! - Daljit Nagra (Born 1966)
14.1Singh Song! Analysis
15Climbing My Grandfather - Andrew Waterhouse
15.1Climbing My Grandfather Analysis
16Grade 9 - Comparisons
16.1Grade 9 - Comparisons
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1When We Two Parted - Lord Byron (1788-1824)
2Love’s Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley
3Porphyria’s Lover - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
4Sonnet 29 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
4.1Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Analysis
5Neutral Tones - Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
6Letters from Yorkshire - Maura Dooley (Born 1957)
6.1Letters from Yorkshire Analysis
7The Farmer’s Bride - Charlotte Mew (1869-1928)
8Walking Away - Cecil Day Lewis (1904-1972)
8.1Walking Away Analysis
9Eden Rock - Charles Causley (1917-2003)
10Follower - Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)
10.1Follower Analysis
11‘Mother, Any Distance’ - Simon Armitage (Born1963
11.1'Mother, Any Distance' Analysis
12Before You Were Mine - Carol Ann Duffy (Born 1955)
12.1Before You Were Mine Analysis
13Winter Swans - Owen Sheers (Born 1974)
14Singh Song! - Daljit Nagra (Born 1966)
14.1Singh Song! Analysis
15Climbing My Grandfather - Andrew Waterhouse
15.1Climbing My Grandfather Analysis
16Grade 9 - Comparisons
16.1Grade 9 - Comparisons
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