Elizabeth Barrett Browing

Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a great poet who has had a hard

life. Barrett Browning was born in 1806 and was the oldest of

twelve children. Her mother died, in 1828, when Barrett Browning

was 16 years old, so that left her father to raise the children.

Her father was over protective and did not want any of his

children to marry. At the age of 15, Barrett Browning had a back

injury and became very sick, and this kept her room bound for

During this time Barrett Browning started writing poems, and

became the famous poet that we know today. One day, in 1844, she

received a letter from another poet Robert Browning, about her

poetry. At this time Barrett Browning was in her forty’s, and has

been in her room for years, but she did respond. They continued

writing back and forth, and eventually the letters lead into a

meeting, and the two fell in love. And without Mr. Barrettes

Sonnets for the Portuguese is a set of 44 famous love poems

written by Barrett Browning about Robert. Many poems in this

collection question the love he has for her, and the love th

count the ways.” Again in the fifth line she expresses it “I love

love me.” (line 1-2). Again, Barrett Browning wants him to repeat

example chimney sweepers. This caused many children to die at

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