Sonneg 43 Flashcards
Sonnet 43 overview
Browning uses “sonnet 43” as a vehicle to highlight how love is limitless and how the feelings caused by it are limitless. She wrote this sonnet, which is symbolic of her love, as an apostrophe to her husband which demonstrates how these words come directly from her heart.
Sonnet 43 para 1 quote 1
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”
- demonstrates her pure love as it is so strong that she questions how much; unaware of how deep her love is
- the fact she has to “count” suggests her love for her husband is limitless
Sonnet 43 para 1 quote 2
“I love thee to the depth and breadth and height”
- uses multiple dimensions which shows how he love for her husband is all encompassing
- the repeated use of I love thee shows reinforces the overflowing love she feels for her husband.
- uses measurement to demonstrate abundance
Sonnet 43 para 2 quote 1
“I love thee with every days most quiet need by sun and candlelight”
- the use of every further demonstrates the amount of love she possesses for her husband.
- the use of sun, light and quiet represents all of the different senses which demonstrates how her love is so strong that is is shown by everything.
Sonnet 43 para 2 quote 2
“I love thee with the passion put to use in my old griefs and childhood faith”
- uses “grief” and “faith” to demonstrate how her intense emotions from the last are all being made into love for her husband
- their love is so strong that there is no room for anything else
Sonnet 43 para 3 quote 1
“I love thee with the love I seemed to lose with my lost saints”
- the use of “saints” demonstrates how she places her love above religion which she regards highly”
Sonnet 43 para 3 quote 2
“And if god choose I shall love thee better after death”
- she thinks their love is so strong that she believes it will last until heaven which she believed in strongly.
Sonnet 43 structure
Sonnet form shows love
One line questioning but the rest is t(e answer
