Sonnet 43 (QUOTE ANALYSIS)
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- Sonnet 43 Quote Analysis
- "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
- Caesura. "?" questioning herself or having a private conversation.
- Rhetorical question, sincere and confident tone
- Could have a sarcastic tone.
- Could link to her family disowning her
- "Ways" plural, many things she likes about Robert
- "I love thee" Anaphora.
- Showing her love for him and how she puts him before herself
- Links to her choosing to be with Robert rather than her family.
- Shows the reader that she loves him in more ways than one. Reflecting the strong relationship they have
- Repetition. Confidence. Devotion. Comitement
- Showing her love for him and how she puts him before herself
- Caesura. "?" questioning herself or having a private conversation.
- " I love thee to the depth, breadth and height"
- fricative sounds "th"
- Creates a soft tone.
- triplet
- loves everything about him
- Theme of love
- Links to meaning of the poem, her insight thoughts on Robert
- Wrote the poem before her marriage
- Lets the reader connect with Elizabeth as she is speaking her mind
- Shows the vast expanse of love she has for him.
- Can show her comitement and certainty of marrying Robert
- She is counting the ways, linking to the first line
- fricative sounds "th"
- " I love thee with the love I seemed to lose"
- Filling the gap she had lost with Robert
- Links to context.
- Love she is losing is her family.
- Loves him more now that she has been disowned
- Could link to line 7 "I love thee freely"
- Now she is free to love him
- Could link to line 7 "I love thee freely"
- Sad tone. Makes the reader sympathetic towards her and how she had to choose between family or Robert
- "I shall love thee better after death"
- Context. Links to her lifelong illness
- She will carry on loving Robert even when she passes away.
- Could show eternal love. She will never stop loving him
- Shows the reader much she loves and adores him
- Her being religious? Afterlife?
- Last line. This emphasises how much she loves him and she will never stop
- Full Stop also reflects her certainty
- Could show eternal love. She will never stop loving him
- "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
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