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Emotion In Tell-Tale Heart By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Love in repetition, the expression of emotion, devotion, and gentleness. This could only mean that the speaker is most likely a woman in love. “ I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning shows full emotion through this, not hiding any of her feelings. “I love thee purely.” Purely can be assumed something a woman in love would most likely incur, showing that Elizabeth must be talking about herself to her lover. “For the ends of being and ideal grace.” The ideal grace and being is also another pointer towards women as men aren’t seen to be ones thought of their grace. Her devotion during the poem is constant, never changing. The poem keeping it’s meaning throughout. There is even adoration, not a hint of bitterness or selfish longing. There is gentleness in her words. Love is continuously said, but other words are very carefully chosen. “Purely...Freely.” These passions flare off her love, as well as more feminine tones. …show more content…

For figurative language there is a metaphor,” I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.” A simile, “I love thee freely, as men strive for right...Purely, as they turn from praise.” Even a hyperbole, “I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life.” The sound devices are repetitive for the use of “love”. It continues throughout the poem without stopping, but continues to have the same meaning. There are other words changed in its place. “Freely” and “purely” as suggested before has been changed quite often to support her meaning further. The imagery, “Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.” It sets a pretty picture, one of her need glowing brightly, yet ever so quietly so that she is to not inconvenience

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