Key quotations

• ‘How do I love thee’


  The opening lines. suggest an intimate conversation between lovers
• ’depth,’ ‘ breath’ and ‘height’


  Weighty concept which suggest her live is comprehensive and allows her to reach impossible extreme
• ‘most quiet need’ and ‘men strive for right‘


  poem of comparison. they are two very different ideas. one is simple and one is complex showing the intensity of her feelings
• ‘Lost saints‘


  replaced her faith in god with her love for her husband.
• ‘I love thee better after death’


  Final stanza. Suggest even death will not part them. there live it eternal