Poetry Attack "authors voice"

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 strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with a 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

-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Browning uses a calm, and sincere tone. She uses detail that make the poem seem sweet and passionate. Her word choice goes well with the passionate feeling you get when you read this poem. "I love the to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight", this line in just makes you feel the passion Browning portrays; you get the feeling by the words she uses and how she relates it to herself and the readers. Browning shows a side of her when she writes about how she feels when she loves someone. Anyone who is in love can relate to this poem.