ORIGINAL ANALYSIS OF THE POEM: If Thou Must Love Me, Let It Be For Nough

The title If Thou Must Love Me, Let Be It For Nought before reading the sonnet creates the love she feels to him. From the title the reader can understand the sonnet by ElizabethB.Browning is part of a collection because the title bears the same firstline.
The structure consists into 3 quatrains and in to a couplet, so thesonnet follows the Elizabethan model, the first quatrain introduces the dialogue between the two lovers: the woman, the speaking voice, and her husband. Sheinvites him (the poetess uses the imperative) to love her not ONLY (key word, it stay in the middle of the second line.) for her ecstatic qualities, but only
for the like to love (inner qualities). The invitation is built on the semantic field the approach between a woman and a man (smile, look, way of speaking).
The man in approaching seeing only the heartily qualities, she want he loves her forever, so he should falls in love for eternal qualities: the main theme discuss is the courteous love. The second quatrain the ma gives his answer. He want to change, he wants to love she for her values, her soul. The use of open sounds vowel creates a sense of distance between the speaking voices: the same distance between heartily and heavenly things. This contrast inthe main problem
of courteous love.

If Thou Must Love Me, Let It Be For Nough

The title If Thou Must Love Me, Let Be It For Nought before reading the sonnet creates the love she feels to him. From the title the reader can understand the sonnet by ElizabethB. Browning is part of a collection because the title bears the same first line.

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1. MAKE EXPECTATIONS

Reading the title, If Thou Must Love Me, Let It Be For Nough, the reader can notice the words "love" and "thou (archaic form for you)",so he expects the poem to be about love.

In addition the reader can immediately understand that the sonnet is a part of a collection, because the first line bears the same words of the title. The title creates curiosity to the condition of love. It is not a coincidence if the title is the same as the first line: it reinforces the same curiosity. Indeed all the sonnet is a lyrical investigation about the conditions of love on the part of the speaking voice.

The structure consists into 3 quatrains and in to a couplet, so the sonnet follows the Elizabethan model, the first quatrain introduces the dialogue between the two lovers: the woman, the speaking voice, and her husband. She invites him (the poetess uses the imperative) to love her not ONLY (key word, it stay in the middle of the second line.) for her ecstatic qualities, but only for the like to love (inner qualities).

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2. NOW YOU MUST PROCEED WITH A DENOTATIVE ANALYSIS: FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE GRAMMAR!

The poem follows the Elizabethan model, since it is composed of three quatrains and a couplet.

The first quatrain introduces the dialogue between the two lovers, probably a woman and a man: she invites him to love her not only for her aspect, but also for her inner qualities.

The invitation is built on the semantic field the approach between a woman and a man (smile, look, way of speaking). The man
in approaching seeing only the heartily qualities, she want he loves her forever, so he should falls in love for eternal qualities: the main theme discuss is the courteous love. The second quatrain the ma gives his answer. He want to change, he wants to love she for her values, her soul. The use of open sounds vowel creates a sense of distance between the speaking voices: the same distance between heartily and heavenly things. This contrast inthe main problem of courteous love.

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3. IN THE CONNOTATIVE ANALYSIS YOU SHOULD INTERPRET THE LINGUISTIC DEVICES CHOSEN BY THE POET, for example figures of speech (metaphors, assonances, alliterations etc.) and verb choice.

In the text the speaking voice invites her lover to love her just for love. An intelligent reader can notice that the speaking voice underlines the mutual aspect of love thanks to many devices: indeed there is the repetition of the words "love" and "change" and it implies that the theme of the poem is mutual love.

Analysing the phonological level the reader can notice that the rhyme scheme is ABBA ABBA CDCD CD: it makes the poem easier to remember. In addition the reader can find the repetition of possessive pronouns like "me, her, I": as a matter of fact he can imagine that the poem is a dialogue between the speaking voice and her lover.

Considering the syntactical level the reader can notice that the stanzas are divided by a space: the poet invites the reader to stop and reflect about the text.

Advice:

at the end of the analysis you should write your personal opinion about the poem (I like/don't like this poem because...).