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Question: Elizabeth Barett Browning meaning!?
What do these expressions mean (Taken from sonnet 28)

"I am thine"

"thy words have ill availed"Www@QuestionHome@Com


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"I am thine"

-"I am yours"

"thy words have ill availed"

-"your words are of little value"Www@QuestionHome@Com

"I am thine" means "I am yours!."

"thy words have ill availed" means "your words have been of little value!."

The poet's middle name is spelled "Barrett!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

I am yours!. Your words have not done what you intended them to!.Www@QuestionHome@Com