Read Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Browning. Answer the
questions that follow.
Part A: What is the meaning of the word "breadth"
in line 2?
Sonnet 43 By Elizabeth Browning
Comprehensive quality
B
Liberality of views or taste
(C Distance from side to side; width
D
Something that is full
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.
[5]l love thee to the level of every day's
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
[10]In my old griefs, and with my childhood's 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.