Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Below you will find one of the most famous poems written by Elizabeth. Barrett Browning. It is Sonnet XLIII from Sonnets from the ...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Below you will find one of the most famous poems written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It is Sonnet XLIII from Sonnets from the Portuguese. See if you can choose the right word from the word bank below to fill in each blank in the sonnet. breath count death depth ends faith freely level
love passion quiet seemed soul strive tears thee
How do I ____________ thee? Let me ____________ the ways. I love thee to the ____________ and breadth and height My ____________ can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ____________ of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the ____________ of everyday's Most ___________ need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee ____________, as men might ____________ for Right; I love ____________ purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the ____________ put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's ____________. I love thee with a love I ____________ to lose With my lost saints,–I love thee with the ____________, Smiles, ____________, of all my life!–and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after ____________.
Answer Key: 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 everyday's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men might 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.
