1. What is the effect of opening this poem with a rhetorical question? Support your answer with reference to the poem.
2. What do you think the poet means by ‘I love thee to the depth and breadth and height/My soul can reach’? Support your answer with reference to the poem.
3. You have been asked to compile a collection of poems about true love. Explain why you would or would not choose to include ‘How Do I Love Thee’ in the collection. Support your answer with reference to the poem.
4. The speaker lists a number of different ways in which she loves the subject of the poem. Which two ways did you fi nd most convincing? Give reasons for your answer, supporting them with reference to the poem.
