The first line of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's most well-known poem, "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" (Beaty 811) has been written and quoted by people in love for almost one hundred and fifty years. Although, most people only know the first ten words of the poem, and they often make lists of actions or feelings that support the two phrases. However, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous poem goes beyond simple lists of feelings …showed first 75 words of 1076 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1076 total…meaningful today as when it was written more than a century and a half ago. Elizabeth Browning carefully mastered these poetry techniques in her poem How Do I Love Thee? Works Cited Beaty, Jerome, et al. The Norton Introduction To Literature. <Tab/>Ed. Peter Simon. New York: Norton, 2002. Pollick, Michael. How To Write Poetry. <Tab/>13 Feb. 2005 <http://inin.essortment.com/howtowritepoe_rjsm.htm>.