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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Hello Angel, Excellent job at describing the differences between how love is described in both the Browning sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?” and the greeting card lyrics” why Do I love You So Much?” Both choose to define what love truly is however each take a different approach to doing so. One chooses a more simple approach on their description while the other chooses a more distinct and unique approach with the many words they chose to use. Both speak on the same concept but talk about it in such a different way.
Hey Angel, I really liked the way you described both poems. I do agree that one poem was more simple and the other was unique with different vocabulary. With the quote “I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death” is an immense way to describe your love for someone. I believe to be able to express your love through a poem is something so passionate and memorable.