How Do I Love Thee

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1. What literary period does Elizabeth Barrett Browning belong to?

Ans: Elizabeth Barrett Browning belongs to the Victorian Age.

2. What was the nickname of E.B .Browning?

Ans: The nickname of E.B. Browning is ‘Ba’.

3. Who was E. B. Browning's husband? 

Ans: Robert Browning was the husband of E. B. Browning.

4. Which book of E. B. Browning anthologizes the sonnet “How Do I Love Thee”? 

Ans: E. B. Browning’s “Sonnets from the Portuguese” anthologizes the sonnet “How Do I Love Thee”.

5. What type of the poem is "How Do I Love Thee"? 

Ans: "How Do I Love Thee" is a sonnet.

6. What is the subject of the sonnet "How Do I Love Thee"? 

Ans: The subject of the sonnet “How Do I Love Thee” is the expression of the depth of a wife’s love for her husband.

7. How does E.B. Browning convey the idea of the immortality of her love? 

Ans: E.B. Browning conveys the idea of the immortality of her love by loving her husband in an abstract way.

8. What does the poet mean by "Ideal Grace" in the poem “How Do I Love Thee”?

Ans: By the phrase "Ideal Grace" in the poem “How Do I Love Thee”, the poet means infinite divine grace. 

9. What does the phrase "Sun and candle light refer to? 

Ans: The phrase "Sun and candle light” refers to the day and the night.

10. How many times does Elizabeth Barrett Browning use the phrase "I love thee”?

Ans: Elizabeth Barrett Browning uses the phrase "I love thee” eight times.

11. What figure of speech is in the repetition of "I love thee"?

Ans: In the repetition of “I love thee” we find anaphora, as the words are repeated at the beginning of several clauses and sentences.  

12. How long will the love of the poet for her husband last in "How Do I Love Thee"?

Ans: In the poem 'How Do I Love Thee’, the love of the poet for her husband will last forever, even after death.  

13. What is anaphora?

Ans: An anaphora is a rhetorical device in which a particular word or phrase comes at the beginning of several sentences or lines.

14. What is epiphora?

Ans: Epiphora is a stylistic device in which a word or a phrase is repeated at the end of successive clauses.

15. Who is 'Portuguese' for Robert Browning?

Ans: E. B. Browning, Robert Browning’s wife, is the ‘Portuguese’ for him.