This document contains the full text of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnet 'How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.' It explores the depth, breadth, and height of love, comparing it to spiritual faith and everyday needs. The poem is a classic expression of romantic devotion.
This document is a reproduction of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous sonnet 'How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.' It is intended for readers who appreciate classic poetry and romantic literature.
The poem begins with the speaker asking how they love, then answering by describing the depth and breadth of their love, reaching to the ends of being and ideal grace.
It continues by comparing love to everyday needs, such as sun and candlelight, and to spiritual faith, including childhood's faith and lost saints.
The speaker declares love freely and purely, using passion from past griefs and the breath, smiles, and tears of all their life.
The poem concludes with a conditional statement about God choosing, leaving the depth of love open to divine will.