E.B.Browning

E.B.Browning How do I love thee is a sonnet by E.B. Browning where she displays her love and devotion for her husband. The sonnet is like a monologue where the poet asks herself a question and comes up with the answer. The strength of the sonnet is that the speaker tries to express her feelings as a person, which was considered a very uncommon thing in those days when women were thought to be inferior to men and their only duty was to give birth to children. The main reason I like this poem is the emotion it displays- the emotion of a woman. The striking feature of the sonnet is that nowhere in the sonnet the poet says that she likes her beloved for his richess, money, or his wealth. She likes her beloved for what he is, as a man which is definitely a great quality. Love is beautiful but there are very few lovers who can love their beloved with their heart. In the sonnet the poet asks herself how deeply she loves her beloved. 'I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight.' She loves her beloved with her soul. browning, love, poet, sonnet, beloved, loves, feelings, women, thee, soul, men, man, woman, same, reveals, poem, husband, emotion, death, after, very, tried, time, through, says, reader, reach, needs, likes, life, inferior, human, herself, height, great, eb