How Do I Love Thee Poem

The poem is written in first person

• True

• False

'By sun and candlelight' emphasises that

• She loves him when they are outdoors and indoors

• She loves him continually and perpetually

• She uses comparisons to emphasise her feelings

Who wrote Sonnet 43?

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• Elizabeth Bishop
• Queen Elizabeth
• Elizabeth Gaskell

Why did Elizabeth Barrett Browning write sonnets for Robert Browning?

• To express her love.

• Because her father didn't approve of their relationship, so she had to write him secret messages of love instead of speaking to him freely.

• Because she felt that she wasn't clever enough to write longer poems, so she chose a short form instead.

• Because she could pretend that they'd been written in Portuguese and she was just translating them, so people didn't know she'd written them herself.

The poem is written in iambic pentameter

• True

• False

What is the connection between iambic pentameter and the theme of the poem

• There is no connection

• The iambic pentameter is said to mimic the heartbeat, therefore associated with love

• The iambic pentameter is connected with grief

• All poets use iambic pentameter

Which of the following best helps to explain the quote: "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach." Pick one.

• There's no room for anyone else in her soul

• She loves him effortlessly

• Her love is natural

• She loves him with the emotions of an entire lifetime.

Which of the following best helps to explain the quote: "I love thee with the passion put to use in old griefs, and with childhood's faith." Pick one.

• She asks for nothing in return

• She loves him effortlessly

• Her love is natural

• She loves him with the emotions of an entire lifetime.

Which of the following best helps to explain the quote: "I love thee with a love I seemed to lose with my lost saints ." Pick two.

• She asks for nothing in return

• An inversion of "Till death do us part."

• Her lover has replaced her faith - she now idolises him.

• She loves him with the passion that religion gave her as a child.

Which of the following best helps to explain the quote: "if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death." Pick two.

• Her love is unconditional

• An inversion of "Till death do us part."

• Their love is eternal.

• She seeks validation for its purity.