The Literary Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert BrowningĪccording to her biography on Poetry Foundation: Sonnets from the Portuguese is in the public domain. The title alludes to one of his pet names for her, when he called her ‘my Portuguese.’ The couple had one of the most romantic of love stories between two major literary figures. It contained what is now considered one of her masterpieces, Sonnets from the Portuguese, the collection of forty-four love poems she wrote in secret to her husband, Robert Browning, presented here. In 1850, her collection, Poems, was published in a new and expanded edition. A Drama of Exile: and Other Poems (1845) cemented her reputation. Her first collection, Poems (1844) was an immediate success in Europe and the U.S. Her individual poems were becoming known and respected in these circles. Following is the full text of what is arguably her best-known work, Sonnets from the Portuguese, a fragment of one of her major collections, Poems (1844/1850).īorn in County Durham, England, Elizabeth Barrett grew up in an atmosphere of privilege and culture, which allowed her to develop a precocious talent in poetry.Īfter having a collections of her poetry published while still in her teens, Elizabeth was introduced to British literary society in the 1830s.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 – 1861) was immensely accomplished and respected in her own lifetime, no small accomplishment for a female poet.
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