The speaker of the first poem in this collection finds herself drawn "backward by the hair" by a "shape" that asks, "Guess now who holds thee?"
The speaker of the first poem in this collection finds herself drawn "backward by the hair" by a "shape" that asks, "Guess now who holds thee?" The speaker of another poem in this collection mentions a "passion put to use" in "old griefs." Its first poem begins with the speaker thinking about the "sweet years, the dear and wished-for years" of which "Theocritus had sung." Due to their intimate nature, these poems were originally presented as having been written in (*) Bosnian. In the penultimate poem in this collection, the speaker claims she loves "to the depth and breadth and height / My soul can reach" after asking "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." For 10 points, identify this collection of fourteen line poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The speaker of the first poem in this collection finds herself drawn "backward by the hair" by a "shape" that asks, "Guess now who holds thee?"
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