In this excerpt from Sonnet 29 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, which lines express intimacy?

I think of thee!-my thoughts do twine and bud

About thee, as wild vines, about a tree,

Put out broad leaves, and soon there's nought to see

Except the straggling green which hides the wood.

Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood

I will not have my thoughts instead of thee

Who art dearer, better! Rather, instantly

Renew thy presence; as a strong tree should,

Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare,

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Soren Navarro

8 December, 11:05

In this excerpt from Sonnet 29 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, which lines express intimacy?

I think of thee!-my thoughts do twine and bud

About thee, as wild vines, about a tree,

Put out broad leaves, and soon there's nought to see

Except the straggling green which hides the wood.

Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood

I will not have my thoughts instead of thee

Who art dearer, better! Rather, instantly

Renew thy presence; as a strong tree should,

Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare,

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Hayley Atkins · Answer 1

The answer is most likely the initial passage, "my thoughts do twine and bud About thee, as wild vines, about a tree." This is a simile comparing her thoughts constantly thinking about another person and all the possibilities of being with this person to a vine wrapping itself endlessly around a tree.