How do I Love thee? Let me count the ways-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
Writing can be an expression of one’s innermost feelings and a great way to release emotions from one’s heart and soul. A sonnet, a fourteen-lined poem and a formal arrangement of rhymes, gives an author a way of self expression. Elizabeth Moulton Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43 from “Sonnets from the Portuguese” is a great example of how a poet releases emotions through writing. Even though love cannot be measured in numbers, Elizabeth uses this sonnet to try to express the depth of her love for Robert Browning. Romance is one of the most popular themes of poetry. Love can inspire the most soulful and sorrowful of words because of the intensity of the emotion.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnets from the Portuguese” first appeared in an 1850 collection. The title came from her husband’s pet name for her, “Portuguese.” “Sonnets from the Portuguese” describe the intense emotions Elizabeth has for Robe...