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    disadvantages. The combination of both, however, gave her the needed time to write her poetry. She fell in love with Robert Browning, a great admirer of her work, and, during their courtship, Barrett Browning wrote a series of poems, “Sonnets from the Portuguese,” as a reflection of her feelings for him. Barrett Browning was a very skilled writer and had the ability to disguise and incorporate distinguished and very meaningful

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    Gatsby’ by F.Scott Fitzgerald and ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning explore the ideas of aspirations and identity developing a deeper understanding of the texts. Both texts share these ideas through the characters and the values of idealism and hope, and personal voice and identity. Although the two texts are separated in time and context, they both reflect the world of the text and composer. ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ was written during the 19th Century in the period

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    participate. All the Barbets were either black or white with some white markings on the chest, chin, and legs. Less number of people known that the Barbets also has the aptness of a pointer and setter. In the UK, a “friendly club” of Barbets club of Great Britain is designed for people to spread the knowledge about Barbet and to promote the awareness about Barbet, so that the people should know about this dog. Not only is this club promoting “The Barbet club of America”

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    participate. All the Barbets were either black or white some with white markings on the chest, chin, and legs. Less number of people known that the Barbets also has the aptness of pointer and setter. In UK, a “friendly club” of Barbets club of Great Britain is designed for people to spread the knowledge about Barbet and to promote the awareness about Barbet, so that the people should know about this dog. Not only is this club promoting “The Barbet club of America” is also a longest

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    this means that whenever we study any text, we must develop a deep understanding of how the context impacts upon the purpose of the texts and the writers intended discourses. The comparative study of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnets of the Portuguese and Scott Fitzgerald’s Pros fiction ‘The Great Gatsby’ allow for a thorough evaluation of the relationship between the texts contexts and values. Both composers craft arguments on the nature of and value of life itself within the framework of love

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    participate. All the Barbets were either black or white some with white markings on the chest, chin, and legs. Less number of people known that the Barbets also has the aptness of pointer and setter. In UK, a “friendly club” of Barbets club of Great Britain is designed for people to spread the knowledge about Barbet and to promote the awareness about Barbet, so that the people should know about this dog. Not only is this club promoting “The Barbet club of America” is also

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    An examination of the sonnet from Petrarch to Browning. A sonnet is a poem, which traditionally contains the subject of love. The creator of the sonnet was a man named Francesco Petrarca who was usually referred to as Petrarch. Petrarch wrote many of his sonnets based upon himself, and his lover, Laura. The conventional format of a sonnet contains fourteen lines, and is segregated to illustrate two arguments. Every sonnet takes the conventional format of fourteen lines, although the way

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    Compare the way love is presented in ‘Sonnet 43’ and ‘Ghazal’ Both poems, Sonnet 43 and Ghazal convey emotions and passionate feelings of love in different ways. Sonnets and Ghazals are poem that are meant to express strong feelings of love. Khalvati and Barrett Browning chose them to illustrate their loving feelings to their lovers. Barrett Browning does not correctly carry out all the rules of Sonnets in her poem which gives an effect that she would do anything for her lover and that there

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    strict and formal guidelines provided a sense of flexibility to some authors, like Elizabeth, who kept a steady theme. She combined Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnet types in a way that suited her self-expression. Critics consider “Sonnets from the Portuguese” to be Elizabeth’s best piece of work, comparing her imagery to that of Shakespeare’s. Dorothy Mermin proposes that Elizabeth's use of medieval settings and ballad were “ part of her search for a world which would give scope for passion and action”

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    In the compilation, Barrett Browning wrote about her love to Robert Browning. Even though the title refers that the sonnets are translated from Portuguese, it is just an illusion because Barrett Browning hesitated to publish them in the beginning therefore she used the title as a guise. Sonnet 43 is one of the best known sonnets from the compilation. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABBA-ABBA-CD-CD-CD

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