In both “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and “Why Do I Love You So Much” gift card, the poems start with a question about the love they have for their significant other. After their question,both writers list their reasons but there’s a bit of a difference. In the poem by Browning, the list consists of how much love they have for their significant other using sophisticated language and hyperbole like “I shall love thee better after death” In the gift card, the list are reasons why the writer loves their partner. The writer also uses exaggeration to emphasize how much love they have saying things like “You’re a part of my favorite memories as well as my most important dreams” Compared to the words used in “How do I Love Thee” the language used in the gift card poem is a bit more standard and easier to understand. The gift card poem also includes the opening question twice for dramatic effect.
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Toribio, I like your response and how you touched on the fact that the card was simpler and more straightforward than the poem. I also agree with the difference in how they opened up their poems. In the Sonnet 43, the author was comparing her love to other retable things and in the greeting card, the author was explaining the reason why they love. I think both poems show exaggeration, and this is to emphasize the passion behind their love.