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What organizational pattern do Elizabeth Browning's sonnets follow? Italian (Petrarchan) English (Shakespearean) Portuguese French

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Answer:

The organizational pattern Elizabeth Browning's sonnets follow is the Italian (Petrarchan) one.

Step-by-step explanation:

Petrarchan sonnet is a type of poem consisting of 14 lines divided into two stanzas, one with eight and the other with 6 lines. The rhyme scheme for the first stanza is ABBAABBA, while for the second one it is CDCDCD or CDECDE. Elizabeth Browning chose this type of sonnet to write. Let's take a look at one of her most famous sonnets:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. A

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height B

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight B

For the ends of being and ideal grace. A

I love thee to the level of every day’s A

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. B

I love thee freely, as men strive for right; B

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. A

I love thee with the passion put to use C

In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. D

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose C

With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, D

Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, C

I shall but love thee better after death. D

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