Sonnet 43 - Eizabet Barret Browning Flashcards
“Count”
“Let me count the ways”
Love vs Reason as expressed on intellectual way. She explains love in quantity with depth breadth and height irrationally explains love
“My soul”
“The depth and breadth and height My soul can reach”
Religious undertones suggest her love is similar o love of God, Reach is personification
“Purely”
“I love thee purely”
Insinuates love is selfless with religious love on virtues, love is measured by care, Not pride
“Strive for right”
“I love thee freely, as men strive for Right”
Frames love as of her own will, Comparing love to pursuit of ethical goals, Love is empowered by morality
“God choose”
“God choose I shall but love thee better after death”
Subordinates love to god’s will. Her love of God is part of her love of Browning. Eternal love is part of this links to religion
