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I have to do this poetry project for my english class and I chose Elizabeth Barrett Browning as my poet I have to choose five of her poems and write a commentary on each of them plus I have to write five poems on my own and relate them in someway to her poems and write a commentary for each but I don't understand what Elizabeth browning writes about can someone please help me and also help me to write my poems. thanks, vwbtl. P.S. REPLY ASAP!!!!!!!!

well post some of the poems in here, so i can read them and i will be glad to attempt to help you make sense of them...
loves and hugs,
Amanda

i'll try to help as much as i can

here are the five poems that I chosed but don't understand please try to help me thanks. 1)First time he kissed me, he but only kissed
The fingers of this hand wherewith I write;
And ever since, it grew more clean and white.
Slow to world-greetings, quick with its "O, list,"
When the angels speak. A ring of amethyst
I could not wear here, plainer to my sight,
Than that first kiss. The second passed in height
The first, and sought the forehead, and half missed,
Half falling on the hair. O beyond meed!
That was the chrism of love, which love's own crown,
With sanctifying sweetness, did precede
The third upon my lips was folded down
In perfect, purple state; since when, indeed,
I have been proud and said, "My love, my own."
2)I thank all who have loved me in their hearts,
With thanks and love from mine. Deep thanks to all
Who paused a little near the prison-wall
To hear my music in its louder parts
Ere they went onward, each one to the mart's
Or temple's occupation, beyond call.
But thou, who, in my voice's sink and fall
When the sob took it, thy divinest Art's
Own instrument didst drop down at thy foot
To harken what I said between my tears, . . .
Instruct me how to thank thee! Oh, to shoot
My soul's full meaning into future years,
That they should lend it utterance, and salute
Love that endures, from life that disappears!
3)When we met first and loved, I did not build
Upon the event with marble. Could it mean
To last, a love set pendulous between
Sorrow and sorrow? Nay, I rather thrilled,
Distrusting every light that seemed to gild
The onward path, and feared to overlean
A finger even. And, though I have grown serene
And strong since then, I think that God has willed
A still renewable fear . . . O love, O troth . . .
Lest these enclasped hands should never hold,
This mutual kiss drop down between us both
As an unowned thing, once the lips being cold.
And Love, be false! if he, to keep one oath,
Must lose one joy, by his life's star foretold.
4)If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange
And be all to me? Shall I never miss
Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss
That comes to each in turn, nor count it strange,
When I look up, to drop on a new range
Of walls and floors, another home than this?
Nay, wilt thou fill that place by me which is
Filled by dead eyes too tender to know change
That's hardest. If to conquer love, has tried,
To conquer grief, tries more, as all things prove,
For grief indeed is love and grief beside.
Alas, I have grieved so I am hard to love.
Yet love me--wilt thou? Open thy heart wide,
And fold within, the wet wings of thy dove.
5)How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,--I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Okay but what does she write about please I need help I'm running out of time.

I know your only after help but I think the purpose for your homework is for YOU to complete the work yourself :O)

Just a suggestion

whatever!!! i still need help

Well, I happened to have a sat an exam on the last poem:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,--I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

First, a few general tips about decyphering poems. Try not to make the rhyme your main point of focus, however pronounced it is. This can be very superficial, and in the words of my teacher: "We don't do superficial in this class!"

Start with "This poem is about...." - this is perhaps the most profound way to begin an essay. However, it needs to be backed up by the poem itself. Generally try the following: Make a point. Quote from the poem to back it up. Then comment on it. Point. Quote. Comment. Works every time ;-)

when commenting, try to get the general feeling of a poem. Try to find patterns of language: the word "love" may be repeated in a poem, or things about love (such as "hug, kiss, heart" etc.) may be in the poem: this is a pattern, and contributes greatly to the thrust of the poem.

Aside from looking for emotions within poetry (like love, hate, anger, etc.) try to find colours, which contribute to the imagery (the way the poet makes you picture something).

Now, a few points about your last poem:

This sonnet is about love: total love. It was written, obviously, to her lover.

It is also a glimpse into "women's emotions" - compared to men's emotions [you may want to compare the poem to Lord Byron's poem, "So We'll Go No More A-Roving" (try a google search for this) where "the speaker has outgrown their lover," and, frankly, dumped her (as the title implies)]. The poem is also a loud, bold, poem.

Browning's poem also has religious overtones, such as the end lines. The end lines also imply that love transcends [goes beyond] physicality: it exists in heaven, after we're dead, it is not a physical but a spiritual thing. Expand on this point if you can.

Look for evidence in the poems to back my points up above, if i havent already done so, such as below, for example:

"I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight."
This means "I need to be with you all day and night" - implying total love.

The above points are brief, but cover two major points of the poem. Try expanding on them, find more points, and try looking at the imagery, or any other emotions or colours.

Don't just include the above and leave it at that, hoping for top marks, because it won't get you that. But it has the potential to get you there, if you expand on them.
Try comparing this poem to her other poems. Look at the pointers about exploring poems i gave you above.

Well ask your teacher
Or try picking up a booking
Or maybe even attempting to analyse the poem yourself

Help yourself!

Hey thanks for all your help um... all of your info is going to help me alot Thanks so much. Daniel J.