Written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Click here to go to the literary analysis of How Do I Love TheeIn this poem the auther expresses her love for someone, counting all the ways in which she loves this person.
The title expresses the primary theme of this poem, all the ways Browning loves her significant other.
The message of this poem is quite simple, as it's the fact that she has an unending love for her partner and will care for them even after death.
The tone of this poem is quite dreamy, as the auther seems to get lost in her love for this person to the point where her confession almost starts to get uncomfortable to read for us bystanders, as the writing and the amount of love Browing has for her partner seems to become obsessive.
This poem is written from a first person perspective.
The rhyme scheme used in this poem is ABBA/ ABBA/CDCDCD
This pertarchan love sonnet was written for Browning's husband Robert Browning, whom she married in 1846, 4 years before this poem was published.