Sonnet 43 - How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDDCCDDEDFDFXLIII | A |
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How do I love thee Let me count the ways | B |
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height | C |
My soul can reach when feeling out of sight | C |
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace | D |
I love thee to the level of everyday's | D |
Most quiet need by sun and candle light | C |
I love thee freely as men strive for Right | C |
I love thee purely as they turn from Praise | D |
I love thee with the 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 | D |
With my lost saints I love thee with the breath | F |
Smiles tears of all my life and if God choose | D |
I shall but love thee better after death | F |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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