Friday, July 25, 2008

How do i love thee?

This was my favorit poem, maybe because i studid her life and she was an awesome lady. This is a iambic sonnet, with 14 lines. It has a romantic mood and Elizabeth used many similies in this poem. The persona is a lady with srong love for her husband, i think the persona was herself. In this poem she is confirming her love after a being asked by her husband, she is comparing the strenght of her love to her childhood's faith ( where our faith is the strongest).
The persona also compares that her love as pure and one comes out after we worship ( pure) line 7. on the last 32 lines, the persona shares that this person is a long life partner, because of the similes and tears of all her life. She says that she would love him better after death, because once in heaven there will be no other worries in her life to worry about other than her love.

1 comment:

debwrite said...

Isn't it interesting how much greater appreciation we have for literary works when we know about the author? This is a great poem; I would agree with you!
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