Sonnet 43 Flashcards
1
Q
“How do I love thee?”
A
Rhetorical question, repetition, direct, obsessive, prayer-like quality, religion
2
Q
“depth and breadth and height”
A
Assonance for effect and rhythm, the volume of her love, she cannot imagine anymore
3
Q
“Being” “Grace” “Praise”
A
Capital letters, religion, God
4
Q
“I love thee with a love I seem to lose”
A
Losing her sense of religion, loves him more than religion (he has replaced her childhood faith), unconventional
5
Q
“childhood’s faith”
A
Innocent beliefs, the love she gave religion as a child
6
Q
“-and, if God choose”
A
Goes back to God in the end
7
Q
Compare to?
A
Cozy apologia
