1. The sonnet, "43" by Elizabeth Browning, is another strong expression of her love for her husband, Robert Browning, and serves as a conclusion or summary to Browning's other sonnets. Browning begins the poem as she poses the question, "How do I love thee?" in parallel examples, which are usually seen in an English sonnet, lines 2-3, "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height/ My soul can reach. "when feeling out of sight/ for …
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…is letting us know she isn't going anywhere. She is dead, thus she stays in the same spot forever. Gossamer and Tulle are fine sheer fabrics that provide little cover or warmth. Her "gossamer gown" suggests a wedding dress, making her like a bride of death or it is possible her death shroud. We find that the narrator has been dead for quite some time, and believes she is headed for some sort of afterlife