Sonnets from the Portuguese

19 September 2022: Had a pretty good discussion with my Victorian lit class about a couple of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous sonnets. First, we acknowledged them for what they are--absolutely devoted love poems from someone who has it bad. It was also fun talk about how she works within yet stretches the form. I particularly find myself drawn to the single word sentence in line 6 of this one. So surprising and arresting.