Page 167 - 100 Best Loved Poems - Teaching Unit
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“Sonnet XLIII”
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, pages 49-50
Vocabulary
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1. What is the tone of the poem?
2. What does the speaker mean when she writes, “by sun and by candle”?
3. Who are the “lost saints”?
4. Why do you believe words like “Being” and “Grace” are capitalized in this poem?
5. According to the final last lines of this poem, how long will the speaker’s love endure?
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