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Sonnet 43

by Elizabeth Barret Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
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 use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With 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.


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Adapted from “Sonnet 43,” in Sonnets from the Portuguese, by Elizabeth Barret Browning, Public domain.

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Questions
How does the last line develop the speaker’s perspective about the person they love?


It reveals the speaker’s fear of death because they will lose the person they love.


It develops the speaker’s belief that their love will carry on even after death.


It reveals the speaker’s worry about whether they will remember the person after death.


It develops the speaker’s perspective that their love will prevent death.

Answer 1

It develops the speaker’s belief that their love will carry on even after death.

Explanation: The line expresses confidence that love will continue — even deepen — beyond death, not fear of losing the beloved or that love can prevent death.