Name: Alexis Cormano Form: 12CSYC Mrs. King
Read E. B. Browning’s ‘How do I love thee.’ What do you find interesting about the poets use of language in this poem? How successful is it in conveying emotions for the loved one?
The poem, ‘How do I love thee’ is an iambic pentameter poem, starting with an unaccented syllable, and then an accented syllable. This is also a lyric poem as it contains a lot of emotion, sparks the readers imagination, and has a melody like that of an epigram or hymn. This is shown by the rhythm the poem has when read correctly, which is created by the use of enjambment. For example, when Elizabeth Browning writes ‘I love thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.’ This sentence helps create the rhythm within the poem and creates the heartfelt, romantic atmosphere I feel that Elizabeth Browning was trying to create to express a deep and serious love of another person.