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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