Structure

• She use the repetition ‘I love thee.’ This sound similar to a prayer so therefore she could be praying/hoping that someday they will be able to be together
• At the beginning of the poem she make reference to her love being limitless and she also reinforce this at the last line ‘I shall but love thee more after death‘
• Sonnet 43 is the length of a traditional sonnet (14 lines) but doesn’t follow the traditional sonnet rhyme scheme. This poem avoid a perfect rhyme scheme. perhaps this reflect their relationship