Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Sonnet 43
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- 'i love thee with the breath,
smiles, tears, of all my life!'
- She loves him with every emotion
and aspect of her life
- 'How do I love thee?'
- Opening line suggests an intimate
conversation between lovers
- Rhetorical question
- 'I shall but love thee better after death.'
- Her love is eternal
- Title
- Number 43 out of 44 Sonnets out of EBB's collection
- 'Depth', 'breadth' and 'height'
- Her love is tangible
- Context
- EBB's father was overprotective
due to her brother drowing
- EBB eloped to marry Robert Browing
- Her father disowned her
- Structure
- 14 lines like a traditional Sonnet
- Doesn't follow traditional sonnet rhyme
scheme, perhaps mirroring their
unconventional relationship
- 'lost saints,'
- Replaced her faith in God with
her love for Robert