The sonnet “How Do I Love Thee” and the greeting card “Why do I Love you so much?” speak of love. The sonnet comprises fourteen lines, while the greeting card has eleven lines, and the shortest line, “As well as my,” doesn’t catch the reader’s attention and has four syllables. The greeting card has some repetition, such as “Why Do I Love You So Much?” used twice. The greeting card doesn’t have rhymes, but the sonnet sometimes rhymes. There are a couple of examples of imagery in “How Do I Love Thee,” such as “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height” also “With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath.” In my opinion, I think the greeting card is more prose, while the sonnet is more concise or direct than the greeting card.
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The greeting card “Why do I love you so much?” and the Browning sonnet “How do I love thee” have their subject in common, but differ on their elements and literary devices. In “How do I love thee” the author emphasizes the depth of her love using many literary devices to engage and communicate her feelings to the audience, such as imagery, alliteration and simile. The sonnet uses rhymes, a formal language and tone to emphasize what she’s trying to communicate. On the other hand, the card just states the reasons why he/she loves the person, having no tone, rhyme, or any other element to catch the audience’s attention and also having simple language and structure.
while the greeting card lyrics rely on vivid imagery and metaphor to convey the intensity of the speaker’s emotions, the Browning sonnet uses more abstract language to express the speaker’s love. For example, the greeting card lyrics use phrases like “My heart beats a little faster” to evoke physical sensations associated with love, while the Browning sonnet uses phrases like “I love thee with a love I seemed to lose / With my lost saints” to express the speaker’s spiritual connection to their beloved. , while both the greeting card lyrics “Why Do I Love You So Much?” and the Browning sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?” explore the theme of love, they differ in their use of poetic elements. The greeting card lyrics utilize rhyme, repetition, and vivid imagery to create a sense of passion and intensity, while the Browning sonnet uses formal structure and abstract language to convey the speaker’s love.
