Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a woman of singular nobility and charm. A friend described her as 'A slight, delicate figure, with a shower of dark curls falling on each side of a most expressive face; large, tender eyes, richly fringed by dark eyelashes, and a smile like a sunbeam.'
Barrett Browning is generally considered one of the great English poets. Her works address a wide range of issues and ideas; she was learned and thoughtful, influencing many of her contemporaries, including her husband, Robert Browning. Her gift was essentially lyrical, though much of her work was not so in form.
Her most famous work is Sonnets from the Portuguese, a collection of love sonnets. - the 'Portuguese' being her husband's petname for dark-haired Elizabeth. The title also refers to the series of sonnets of the 16th-century Portuguese poet Luis de Camões; in all these poems she used rhyme schemes typical of the Portuguese sonnets. By far the most famous poem from this collection, with one of the most famous opening lines in the English language, is number 43: How Do I Love Thee?If you liked listening to it, please digg it:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a woman of singular nobility and charm. A friend described her as 'A slight, delicate figure, with a shower of dark curls falling on each side of a most expressive face; large, tender eyes, richly fringed by dark eyelashes, and a smile like a sunbeam.'
Barrett Browning is generally considered one of the great English poets. Her works address a wide range of issues and ideas; she was learned and thoughtful, influencing many of her contemporaries, including her husband, Robert Browning. Her gift was essentially lyrical, though much of her work was not so in form.
Her most famous work is Sonnets from the Portuguese, a collection of love sonnets. - the 'Portuguese' being her husband's petname for dark-haired Elizabeth. The title also refers to the series of sonnets of the 16th-century Portuguese poet Luis de Camões; in all these poems she used rhyme schemes typical of the Portuguese sonnets. By far the most famous poem from this collection, with one of the most famous opening lines in the English language, is number 43: How Do I Love Thee?
If you liked listening to it, please digg it:
