Sonnet 29: I think of thee!

She cannot stop thinking about him. When he is near she does not need to.

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I think of thee!

Barrett Browning · Sonnet 29: I think of thee! · romantic love · distance

The first words. She cannot stop thinking about him. The thoughts grow like vines round a tree.

my thoughts do twine and bud About thee, as wild vines, about a tree

Barrett Browning · Sonnet 29: I think of thee! · romantic love · distance

Her thoughts are wild vines climbing him. Too many. They hide the tree.

I do not think of thee—I am too near thee.

Barrett Browning · Sonnet 29: I think of thee! · romantic love

The last line. When he is here she does not need to think of him. He is too close to think about.