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Poem 2 - How do I love thee? - by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

About the Poet:

                 Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61) was one of the most popular and highly regarded poets of the Victorian era. Her talent for writing was evident from a tender age. Although she was always in ill health throughout her life, her literary output was prolific. The respect for her work was such that she was considered for the position of Poet Laureate. The poet Robert Browning greatly admired her work and courted her. They married and moved to Italy, where she spent the rest of her life. She is best remembered for the poem How do I love thee? and the verse novel Aurora Leigh. 

About the Poem:

'How Do I Love Thee' is a famous love poem and was first published in a collection, Sonnets from the Portuguese in 1850. The poem deals with the speaker's passionate adoration of her beloved with vivid pictures of her eternal bond that will keep her connected to her beloved even after death.

SUMMARY

As this poem is about love, the speaker counts how she adores her beloved. To her, love is a powerful force that can conquer everything in the universe. As an epitome of her expression of love, she details the ways how her love will get stronger with every passing phase of life. At the outset, she attempts to discuss the depth of her passion by drawing analogies between her love and religious and political ideals. Later, she expresses the unique quality of her enduring love when she says that her love will get better after death.
Also known as ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese 43: How do I love thee?’ was written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a great poet of the Victorian era. ‘How Do I Love Thee’ is a famous love poem and was first published in a collection, Sonnets from the Portuguese in 1850. The poem deals with the speaker’s passionate adoration of her beloved with vivid pictures of her eternal bond that will keep her connected to her beloved even after death.
 Love and faith are the major themes filling this poem. The poem is primarily concerned with the love of the speaker with her significant other. She expresses her deep and innocent love in captivating ways. Also, to show the intensity of love she feels, she details how her love will eventually get stronger with time.

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