Please email your (brief) responses to the following questions as a Microsoft Word attachment to Dr. Mekler at: lmekler@jewel.morgan.edu.

Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)

• Explain the inspiration behind the composition of these poems.
• Which sonnet form does Browning employ?  Why is this form particularly appropriate or inappropriate?  Explain.
• Which sonnet is your favorite?  Explain why.