John Keats: Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art, p. 845
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Sonnets from the Portuguese, No. 32, p. 1180
Christina Rossetti: In an Artist's Studio, p. 1586

Questions:

1. Give a short but specific close reading of the sonnet.

2. Identify the sonnet form used by the poet and briefly explain how this form helps construct the meaning of the poem.

3. Identify literal images in the poem and briefly explain how these contribute to the overall meaning of the poem.

4. Identify figurative images, naming the poetic devices used to construct them and briefly explain how these contribute to the overall meaning of the poem.