sonnet 29

I think of thee

think implies space, thee is old language

o, my palm-tree

Tis 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

My thoughts do twine and bud / About thee, as wild vines, about a tree

extended metaphor explaining how her thoughts are unconstrained and growing out of control, obscuring the reality of her lover.

"Renew thy presence...

VOLTA. breaking free from her thoughts. explosive verb exemplifies narrators love from her lover

form?

• A sonnet is usually about love – sonnets are especially concerned with love that is in some way unattainable.

• We can see in some ways how Barrett Browning has subverted (undermined) this norm, as she is separated from her own lover by her own thoughts.

context?

Her marriage would lead to Barrett Browning being disinherited by her father.