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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
love poem
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poem ⓘ sonnet ⓘ |
| addressedTo | beloved ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sonnet 43 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Barrett Browning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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anaphora ⓘ enjambment ⓘ hyperbole ⓘ metaphor ⓘ |
| literaryForm | Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| openingQuestion | How do I love thee? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalCollectionPublisher | Chapman and Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sonnets from the Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABBA ABBA CDC DCD ⓘ |
| subject | Robert Browning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
devotion
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enduring love ⓘ love ⓘ marital love ⓘ spiritual love ⓘ |
| tone |
intimate
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passionate ⓘ reverent ⓘ |
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