How do I love thee?

How do I love thee?

Let me count the ways.

Completely

Passionately

Unconditionally

For the rest of my days

I love you more than my eyes

Without you there is nothing to see

I love you more than my hands

Caressing you is their sole purpose

I love you more than my arms

They serve no use but to embrace you

I love you more than my ears

Your voice is the only music I hear

I love you more than my own existence

Without you life wouldn't be worth living

How long will I love you?

Only time will tell

But if you weren't allowed in Heaven

I would follow you to Hell
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Posted: Jul 2011
About this poem:
Brownings poem seems to lose focus after the word reach, and only gets back on track in the last sentence in my opinion. Who am I to critique Elizabeth Barrett Browning? Who is Leonard Maltin to critique George lucas?

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ooby_dooby
Thank you I'm glad you liked it.hug
ooby_dooby
@fellsman, No not really, if that was my goal I would have put a lot more effort into my poem than I did. A scholar of poetry would find my poem lacking in many ways as I find hers lacking. I think her poem begins with some of the most beautiful words ever put down on paper but then goes off in a wrong direction getting too into spirituality only to come back at the end to the subject at hand. Mine on the other hand never loses sight of the main theme, namely the worship of a living, breathing, person.
I think her poem is very reflective of the time and place she lived.
steve1223
Liked your poem but there is no comparison to Elizabeth Barrett Browning. They are different as night is to day. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem treads very much on the spiritual while yours very much on the physical. I would never criticize either one. I enjoyed reading both.
Odette67
How long will I love you?

Only time will tell

But if you weren't allowed in Heaven

I would follow you to Hell


I love these lines, the whole poem very good. applause
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