There is also a short story about why elizabeth barret browning named this poem "Portuguese Sonnets". In other words, elizabeth barret browning once wrote a poem about a pair of Portuguese lovers. When Mrs. Browning finished writing, she showed it to her husband. Browning likes this poem very much after reading it, so Browning often calls his wife "my little Portuguese."
1856, The Poems of elizabeth barret browning was published for the third time. Later, elizabeth barret browning revised the Portuguese sonnets and included another poem, Future and Past, as the 42nd poem in this collection of poems. Therefore, this collection of poems by Mrs. Browning became the final edition. Elizabeth barret browning's works not only express her thoughts and feelings of loving life, but also dare to express women's liberation in her poems and expose the disadvantages of society. From this perspective, elizabeth barret browning's works reflect progressive ideas, so they have always been deeply loved by writers and poets.