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Sonnet 29 'I think of thee' -
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- "I think of thee"
- Addresses lover directly making it
more personal
- Addresses lover directly making it
more personal
- "as wild vines, about a tree"
(metaphor)
- Narrator is the 'wild vines'
and her lover is the 'tree'
- Narrator is the 'wild vines'
and her lover is the 'tree'
- "straggling"
- Her thoughts about her lover are
inferior to the man himself
- Her thoughts about her lover are
inferior to the man himself
- "Rather"
(turning
point/volta)
- It is one line early which suggests her
desperation for her lover
- It is one line early which suggests her
desperation for her lover
- "burst, shattered, everywhere!"
(rule of three)
- His presence replaces her thoughts
which emphasises her excitement
- His presence replaces her thoughts
which emphasises her excitement
- "I do not think of thee"
(reversal)
- Highlights the difference
between thinking about him
and being with him
- Highlights the difference
between thinking about him
and being with him
- "I an too near"
- He's better than anything
she's capable of imagining
- He's better than anything
she's capable of imagining
- "thee"
- Shows her obsession for him
- Shows her obsession for him
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