from Sonnets from the Portuguese finds the speaker's attitude evolving. She reasons that if God can love his lowliest creatures, surely a man can love a flawed woman, and in so doing can overcome the flaws through the power of love.from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Barrett Browning's Sonnet 10
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The speaker, who has so often berated her own value, now continues to evolve toward accepting the idea that she might, in fact, be "not all unworthy." She contends that if the ability to love can be deserved, as an award for goodness or service, she feels that it just might be possible for her to have enough importance to accept the love of one so obviously above her.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Barrett Browning's Sonnet 11
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Suddenly, "a slim door got in past my guard," and conked him on his head so hard that it affected his ability to think comparatively. He could no longer match up things and people as he could prior to his cranial wallop. He claims he got his "native simile jarred." Such a distraction discomfited him and no doubt jarred his confidence in poetry creation for a time.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Frost and the Versanelle
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The speaker boldly commands his soul (his poem) to go on a "thankless errand" of telling "the best" the truth about themselves. "The best," of course, is pure irony, because the speaker is commanding his soul to tell those pompous fools that they are liars. The speaker avers that he is dying, so therefore his physical body's "guest," the soul, must go forth and run this important errand, which is to "give the world the lie."
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Ralegh's The Lie
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