Question

How does the subject of “That I did always love” overlap with other poems of its period?

Answer 1

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "B)The poem expresses the poet’s feelings of desperation."

Here are the following choices:
A)The poem is an address from an “I” to the audience.
B)The poem expresses the poet’s feelings of desperation.
C)The poem is about the inevitable difficulties of love.
D)The poem addresses one person’s passion for another.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) the poem expresses the poet’s feelings of desperation.  

The subject of “That I did Always Love” overlaps with other poems of its period in that the poem expresses the poet’s feelings of desperation.  

This can be recognized in this excerpt of her poem: “That I did always love, I bring thee proof, that till I loved, I never lived, enough.“

Emily Elizabeth (1830-1886) was an American poet. Many of her works can be found in a compilation published in 1955 called “The Poems of Emily”.

The other options of the question were, a) the poem is an address forma n “I” to the audience, c) the poem is about the difciculties of love, and d) the poem addresses one person’s passion for another.