How do I love thee?

Learning Goal: I’m working on a poetry writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.”O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with bredeOf marble men and maidens overwrought,With forest branches and the trodden weed;Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thoughtAs doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!When old age shall this generation waste,Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woeThan ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say’st,”Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is allYe know on earth, and all ye need to know.”How Do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43)Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famous poem “How Do I Love Thee” is another example of a lyric poem. She focuses on the theme of love and uses figurative language to express its immeasurability.”How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of Being and ideal GraceI love thee to the level of everyday’sMost quiet need, by sun and candle-light.I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.I love thee with the passion put to useIn my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faithI love thee with a love I seem to loveWith my lost saints, – I love thee with the breath,Smiles, tears, of all my life! – and, if God choose,I shall but love thee better after death.”
Requirements: one hour