![]() It is a way of saying that love within her is limitless, and that mere numbers cannot be held accountable for. Besides, by giving a number, she will be trivializing and limiting her love. However, you will not find any numbers in the poem. ![]() The word count is quite intriguing, and isn’t often used when it comes to love. The speaker airs a question that is going to be the theme of the poem: how is she to love thee, the man she is in love with? And then begins her affectionate words that flow, by which she counts the ways in which she loves him. Her father never forgave her for this disobedience. Elizabeth’s father never wanted his children to be married. His immense love and support gave freedom to her writing, so much so that Elizabeth’s name in the literary world surpassed his, and he came to be known as Browning’s husband.īarrett and Browning’s love wasn’t smooth sailing from the start. ![]() She wrote these sequence of sonnets in her days of courtship with Robert Browning. Most of her work was her declaration to her beloved husband, who was the most popular poet of that era. ![]() ![]() My little Portuguese was a nickname that Elizabeth’s husband used for her in private.Įlizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent poets of that time. But in reality, they were her own compositions. Barrett Browning implied to Elizabeth’s readers that she had translated the sonnets, which were originally written by someone in Portuguese. The poem How Do I Love Thee? is a portion of a sonnet sequence called Sonnets from the Portuguese. ![]()
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