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 the famous opening line and common title of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43, a Victorian love sonnet celebrating deep, spiritual devotion.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" | 0 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
common title
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opening line ⓘ poem line ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Robert Browning (implied addressee of the sonnet) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sonnet 43 ("How do I love thee?") NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Barrett Browning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | English sonnet tradition ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedAs | title for Sonnet 43 in anthologies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes | enumeration of ways of loving ⓘ |
| expresses |
idealized, unconditional love
ⓘ
religious and spiritual dimensions of love ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850 collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1850 ⓘ |
| frequentlyAnthologizedIn | English literature anthologies ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian poetry
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love poetry ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | famous love-verse quotation ⓘ |
| hasForm | interrogative followed by declarative clause ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | subsequent English love poetry ⓘ |
| hasPronounciationRhymeWith | "thee" / "me" internal sound pattern GENERATED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineNumberInPoem | 1 ⓘ |
| literaryForm | sonnet line ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romantic-influenced Victorian poetry ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| openingWordsOf | Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sonnet 43
NERFINISHED
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Sonnets from the Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| quotationFrom | Sonnets from the Portuguese, Sonnet 43 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| quotationType | first-person lyrical declaration ⓘ |
| rhymeSchemeOfPoem | Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
adaptations and references in popular culture
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
marital love
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romantic love ⓘ spiritual devotion ⓘ |
| usedIn |
romantic cards and inscriptions
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wedding ceremonies and readings ⓘ |
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