Elizabeth Barrett Browning

LitCharts guides for works by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Explore LitCharts poetry guides for works by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Each guide offers line-by-line analysis, exploration of poetic devices, and helpful resources for studying Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways (Sonnets from the Portuguese 43)

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways” is a sonnet by the 19th-century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It is her most famous and best-loved poem, having first appeared as sonnet 43 in her col... view guide

I think of thee (Sonnet 29)

"I Think of Thee" is a sonnet written by the English Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Barrett Browning wrote the poem, along with the other sonnets published in her collection Sonnets fro... view guide

If thou must love me, let it be for nought (Sonnets from the Portuguese 14)

“If thou must love me,” one of the sonnets that Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote for her beloved husband Robert Browning, proclaims what love is by examining what it isn’t. Real love, the poem argu... view guide

The Cry of the Children

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “The Cry of the Children” is a passionate indictment of child labor in 19th-century industrial England. First published in 1843 and later revised multiple times, the po... view guide