“How do I love thee?”
Rhetorical question, repetition, direct, obsessive, prayer-like quality, religion
“depth and breadth and height”
Assonance for effect and rhythm, the volume of her love, she cannot imagine anymore
“Being” “Grace” “Praise”
Capital letters, religion, God
“I love thee with a love I seem to lose”
Losing her sense of religion, loves him more than religion (he has replaced her childhood faith), unconventional
“childhood’s faith”
Innocent beliefs, the love she gave religion as a child
“-and, if God choose”
Goes back to God in the end
Compare to?
Cozy apologia