Poem Analysis:

1.
If you
analyzed
this:

Then, you
will now
analyze
this:

1. St
itches
by
Shawn
Mende
s

1. H
ow Do I
Love
Thee?
(Sonne
t 43)
by
Elizabe
th
Barrett
Browni
ng

2. S
kyscra
per by
Demi
Lovato

2. St
ill I
Rise
by
Maya
Angelo
u

3. W
ings
by
Mackle
more

3. Bl
ack
Friday
by
Kevin

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2. Paste the lyrics of your new poem below:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
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.
I love thee to the level of every days
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhoods faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Questions
3. Describe the structure of the poem
(How many lines are there? How
many stanzas? What is the rhyme
scheme?)
4. Who is the intended audience?
5. Describe what the speaker is like.
6. What is the name of the poet?
7. What is the poems rhyme scheme?
8. Does the poet use alliteration? If so,
give an example.
9. Does the poet use consonance? If
so, give an example.
10. Does the poet use assonance? If
so, give an example.
11. Does the poem use diction with
positive or negative connotations?
Give some examples.

Answers
Use complete sentences!
3. The poem is structured with 14 lines
and 1 stanza, the rhyme scheme is one
alternate line, and then one couplet.
4. The intended audience is for people
who like reading poems.
5. The speaker is someone who is loving
and caring.
6. The poet is Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
7. The poem's rhyme scheme is one
alternate line, and then one couplet.
8. No the poet does not use alliteration.
9. Yes the poet does use assonance with
I love thee.
10. Yes the poet does use consonance in
I love thee to the depth and breadth and

12. What kind of tone does the author

use? Give an example of a line
that illustrates this tone.
13. What kind of mood do you feel as
a reader? Give an example of a
line that illustrates this mood.
14. What is a theme that you noticed
in the poem? Use evidence to
support your theme.

height, My soul can reach, when feeling

out of sight
11. The author uses diction with positive
connotations. Like in the line I love thee

to the level of every days, Most quiet

need, by sun and candle-light.
12. The author uses a loving tone. It uses
the word love over and over again.
13. It makes me feel like I have butterflies
in my stomach. I love thee to the depth

and breadth and height, My soul can

reach, when feeling out of sight.
14. One theme that I notice was that you
can love whoever you want, as shown in
the line, I love thee freely, as men strive

for right.