Question

Read the following excerpt from "How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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
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.
Which figure of speech is the author using?

A.
Metaphor

B.
Hyperbole

C.
Personification

D.
Oxymoron

Answer 1

Hyperbole is the correct answer

Answer 2

The figure of speech that the author is using is hyperbole.

What is the theme of "How Do I Love Thee"?

Barrett Browning's sonnet has as its central idea that pure "love is an all-consuming passion". The poet places great emphasis on the divine aspect of true love.

An exaggeration or an overstatement is a hyperbole. In the sonnet 43, Browning has used exaggeration because she is simply exaggerating when she says that it is impossible to truly love someone with all of the things she is saying. 

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