Response: How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways.

Kristin Lee
Sep 3, 2018 · 2 min read

My fondness for this poem begins with

The iconic first line that I reread

Again and again like the weapon that

Is Browning’s namesake and pen describing

A love with searing intensity.

The first line imitates a catharsis

but without the suppression.

It’s unbridled and raw and bold despite

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