How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

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"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." is one of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s most famous love sonnets, celebrated for its passionate enumeration of deep and enduring love.

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. canonical 3

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instanceOf love poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
addressedTo beloved ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sonnet 43 ⓘ
author Elizabeth Barrett Browning ⓘ
centralMotif enumeration of ways of loving ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1850 ⓘ
copyrightStatus public domain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation one of the most famous love sonnets in English literature ⓘ
famousLine I love thee to the depth and breadth and height ⓘ
I shall but love thee better after death. ⓘ
firstLine How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. ⓘ
focus personal declaration of love ⓘ
frequentlyStudiedIn English literature courses ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
imagery cosmic imagery ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
spiritual imagery ⓘ
includedIn many anthologies of English poetry ⓘ
influence popular love poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lineCount 14 ⓘ
literaryDevice alliteration ⓘ
anaphora ⓘ
enjambment ⓘ
hyperbole ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
literaryForm Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
openingQuestion How do I love thee? ⓘ
originalCollectionPublisher Chapman and Hall ⓘ
partOf Sonnets from the Portuguese ⓘ
period Victorian literature ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABBA ABBA CDC DCD ⓘ
subject Robert Browning ⓘ
theme devotion ⓘ
enduring love ⓘ
love ⓘ
marital love ⓘ
spiritual love ⓘ
tone intimate ⓘ
passionate ⓘ
reverent ⓘ

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Sonnets from the Portuguese → notablePoem → How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. ⓘ
Sonnets from the Portuguese → hasFamousLine → How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. ⓘ
How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) → firstLine → How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. ⓘ