I think I would describe the greeting card lyrics “Why Do I Love You So Much?” with the Browning sonnet “How Do I Love Thee”, as very similar love but for different reasons and ways. In Both poems, the writer is describing why they love this person. In “Why do I love you so much?” the poem ends with “because you’re a part of my favorite memories as well as my most important dreams.” Meaning he/she loves her/he because of the time he spent with her and how memorable she is for him. And also, the dreams he had with her in the future. In “How Do Love Thee” the poem starts and ends with the reason and how immense his love is for thee. At the end of the poem sonnet wrote “I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.” Demonstrating his immense love for thee
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The greeting card lyrics “Why Do I Love You So Much?” and the Browning sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?” both talk about love, but they do it in different ways. The Browning sonnet sounds like a formal love letter with big words. On the other hand, the greeting card lyrics are like a simple message of love. They use plain, everyday language. The Browning sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?” uses a kind of musical and structured pattern in how the words sound. For example, it says, “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height.” The words at the end of each line, like “height” and “sight,” have similar sounds. And, greeting card lyrics that say “Why Do I Love You So Much?” might not follow this structured pattern. They may or may not sound like a song or poem. It’s like a simple and heartfelt message.
