Comparing How do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning...

Comparing How do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and A Brithday by Christina Rosetti Much of the poetry written prior to the 19th Century was devoted to the many types of love, both the sensations and feelings related to this subject, and also the poet attempting to capture in writing how the feeling of being in love has changed him or her. For these reasons, it is important top analyse examples of this poetry in terms of how the different poets have captured the sensations of being in different types of love. Also, how the poets have conveyed to the reader the different types of love one can experience. Finally, how the poets convey to the reader a sense of how being in love has changed†¦show more content†¦She is comparing her love which cannot be seen to something that can be seen and heard, she uses this methods of relating to objects such as rainbows, birds and an apple tree to love, this is how she gets her sensation across to the reader. This is compared to How do I love thee? where Elizabeth Browning uses actual measurements (length, breadth) to g et across the sensation of love. However, in the poem First Love the poet John Clare captures the sensation s of falling in love in a different way. As he sees someone who he falls in love with he describes his sensation with things that happen to his body. For example when he sees here he says My face turned pale as deadly pale. My legs refused to walk away. He uses these reactions to show his sensation of love. In the two poems How do I love thee? and A Birthday there is different types of love in the poetry. In How do I love thee? the sensation of love being described by Elizabeth Browning is being in love with somebody, using her different techniques she says how she loves this person. However, in the poem A Birthday by Christina Rosetti she is describing a different type of love. She is describing the type of love of