Sonnet 43 Rough Draft

I was the first of twelve children born to Edward and Mary Moulton on March 6, 1806, in Durham, England. When I would get bored most the time I would either go outside and ride my horse, which I loved to do. Or I would read the bible, or start to write things that came to my mind.

My father was a possessive and demanding man loved by his children even though he rigidly controlled their lives. My childhood was ideal in that the Barretts lived in a lovely setting, a country house called Hope End. I was an excellent rider and enjoyed growing up with her many siblings.

Though I never received any formal education, I loved to read. By age eight I had learned to read Homer in the original Greek and had begun to write poetry. In 1819 my father had

In 1821 I began to suffer from a nervous disorder that caused headaches, weakness, and fainting spells. Some sources trace this lifelong illness to an impatient decision to harness my own horse at age fifteen. Reportedly I fell with the saddle on top of me, damaging my spine. An ongoing prescription for opium was probably a life shortening remedy but a common one for the times. My mother's health was also unstable. When I was twenty my mother became fatally ill. Meanwhile, my father had lost all of his wealth. In 1850 I published the Sonnet 43. (I love thee with the breath, smile, tears, of all my life) (Love thee freely, as men strive for right) I believe that I was a strong Independent women who accomplished a lot on my own. Rather than move immediately, he refinanced beyond any possibility of repayment so that Mrs. Barrett would never have to leave her beautiful home. After her death, me and her family left Hope End forever.Soon after I fell in love with this man we moved to london together and later we had a son together.My brother had drowned a while back and not long after my father passed away. So from there on my life was slowly going down hill. “I shall love thee beter after death” I had passed away on June 29th, 1861, Florence,