Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Great Regulars: Continuing the catalogue of maladies,

the speaker includes "all which makes me tired of all, self-viewed." When she judged herself most harshly, she had found so many imperfections that the accumulation of them weakened her will to live a productive life.

Yet even these worst qualities of character have not been able to route her new love from her, and her final remark shows the nature of her true soul.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 39

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