The greeting card lyrics “Why Do I Love You So Much?” and the Browning sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?” share similarities in their exploration of love, but also have differences in their use of poetic elements. Both pieces use imagery to convey their emotions, such as the metaphor of trust in the card and the metaphors of light and depth in the sonnet. Repetition is also utilized in both, with the refrain “Why Do I Love You So Much?” in the card and the repeated phrase “I love thee” in the sonnet. However, the sonnet is structured with a strict rhyme scheme and metrical verse, while the greeting card is more free-form in its lineation and lacks a specific meter. As the card states, “Why Do I Love You So Much? Because you’re a part / of my favorite memories / as well as my / most important dreams.” In contrast, the sonnet declares, “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.” In summary, both the greeting card and the sonnet express love through the use of poetic devices, but differ in their approaches to form and structure.
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I totally agree how the the poem ” Why do I love you so much?” and the Browning sonnet “How do I love Thee?” is similar as in terms of the speakers showing love and affection for that likeness they talked about in the poems. However, the actual construction of the poems is fairly different in my opinion. LIke how the poem was less rhymey and had a strong tone for relationship intimacy, While sonnet was rhyme-like.
I agree with you analysis and way of thinking towards the prompt and the two reading assignments, as well as your interpretation. I do think that and agree with the fact that the greeting card lyrics were more of a free-form and top of your head sort of writing. They both convey a direct subject and target of love but has a different approach and meaning towards it, one in a more formal, soul way and one in a direct, loving way.