How Do I Love Thee? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCABBADEFGFGHow do I love thee Let me count the ways | A |
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height | B |
My soul can reach when feeling out of sight | B |
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace | C |
I love thee to the level of every day's | A |
Most quiet need by sun and candlelight | B |
I love thee freely as men strive for Right | B |
I love thee purely as they turn from Praise | A |
I love with a passion put to use | D |
In my old griefs and with my childhood's faith | E |
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose | F |
With my lost saints I love thee with the breath | G |
Smiles tears of all my life and if God choose | F |
I shall but love thee better after death | G |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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