![]() READ ALSO: Richard Corey by Edwin Arlington Robinson Questions Answers The poem opens with the question: ‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!’ Throughout it, Browning is trying to describe her passion. It was first published in her compilation of the Portuguese Sonnets in 1850 and Elizabeth Barrett Browning devoted it to her husband, the poet Robert Browning. Sonnet 43 also known as ‘How do I love thee? is the penultimate sonnet in the collection – Sonnets from the Portugese and is perhaps the most famous of sonnets. This series of sonnet series was composed before she married Robert Browning, expressing her deep love for him. After she married Robert Browning, her father disinherited her after she married Robert Browning.Įlizabeth Robert Browning had written 44 sonnets which comprise her collection Sonnets from the Portugese. She eloped with the poet, Robert Browning against his wishes, revealing how important love had been to her. ![]() At a very young age, the brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning drowned with the result her father becoming very over-protective. ![]()
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