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When I read Sonnet 43, "How do I love thee?" I was very impressed with it. I have read a lot of things about love, and I do know a lot about love as well. When reading it, I was very intrigued with how much the writer described their love for this person, and the depths they went to describe it as well. It is a true love from what I can read, especially from the lines "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height", "I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use", "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." This is imagery for the mind to me, it helps me to clearly understand the love and be able to compare it to some of the best things in life such as childhood, god, saints, etc. Sonnet 43, how do I love thee does not have but two characters in it. The first character is the person describing their love, the second is the person who is loved by the first. There is not much characterization in this piece because neither characters a...

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