Sonnet 43 Analysis

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This shows how there are many reasons to her loving her husband and that there is depth to their love, the use of the explanation mark ‘!’ at the end emphasis her delight in telling her lover how much she adores him. Browning uses metaphors to describe her love for her husband “depth and breadth and height” this suggests how she lovers everything about him and how her love for him is much wider than what meets the eyes. The direct address makes the poem seem more personal and realistic. This is direct address, a question addressing her lover which gives the reader the impression that he has asked the speaker how much she loves him. This is a rhetorical question and it implies a conversation the two. This could literally mean that she loves him to meet all demands through morning and night. Her love is a part of herself and it is a necessity and the fact that she compares it with natural images, “sun and candle-light,” shows how she needs him for her survival and how he is light which is often. It could also be a metaphor suggesting that she would love him throughout time “sun” being your and passionate, and candle showing growth resembled with hope. She loves him naturally. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnet sequence was written before she married Robert Browning to express her intense love for him. She loves him so deeply that she sees their love as a spiritual and sacred. She counts all of the different ways in which she loves him. Her love is so great that she believes she will love him even after death. Religious imagery suggests a sense of possessiveness and awe when she thinks about her love. She has replaced her religion with his love suggesting that his love is like a religion to her. She loves him with the passion and intense emotion that religion gave her as a child. She is implying here that if God wishes she would love him more after
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