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. A
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height B
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight B
For the ends of being and ideal grace. A
I love thee to the level of every days A
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. B
I love thee freely, as men strive for right. B
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. A
I love thee with the passion put to use C
In my old griefs, and with my childhoods faith. D
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose C
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, E
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, C
I shall but love thee better after death. E

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.
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.

Answers
Use complete sentences!
3. The poem is structured into lines.
There is a total of 14 lines. The rhyme
scheme uses rhyming couplets as well as
rhymes every other line. Some of the
rhyming sounds are ay, ight, ose,
and eath.
4. The intended audience is person that
the speaker loves.
5. The speaker is someone who is in love
with someone.
6. The name of the poet is Elizabeth
Barrett Browning.
7. The poems rhyming scheme is using
couplets as well as rhyming words after a
few lines. The entire poems rhyme
scheme is ABBA,ABBA,CDC,ECE.
8. The poet does not use alliteration.
9. The poet does not use consonance.
10. The poet does not use assonance.
11. The poet uses both positive and
negative connotations. The speaker is

14. What is a theme that you noticed

in the poem? Use evidence to
support your theme.

saying that she will love the other person

no matter what, but she is also
mentioning all of the negative things that
are happening or will happen. An example
of this is the line, My soul can reach,
when feeling out of sight.
12. The authors tone was optimistic
based on the circumstances. The speaker
feels love through anything that comes
their way. An example of this is in the
verse, I love thee with a love I seemed to
lose.
13. The mood that I feel as a reader is
joyus and intrigued. The speaker is
claiming that the are able to love this
person forever no matter the
circumstances. They say, In my old
griefs, and with my childhoods faith. This
is interesting to me because this kind of
love and devotion is hard to find.
14. A theme of the poem is to love your
partner throughout the good and the bad.
Love is forever and continues even after
death. They wrote, I shall but love thee
better after death. This is expressing all
of the love that she feels for her partner.