Classics Revisited · A2 · Part 18 Apr 2026

How Do I Love Thee?

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This text is an excerpt from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem 'Sonnet 43', expressing deep and multifaceted love.

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depthnoun.[海洋] 深度 and breadthnoun.宽度 and height my soulnoun.灵魂 can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being an idealadj.理想的 gracenoun.优美. I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need, by sun and candlelightnoun.烛火.

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depth

B1US/depθ/EN/depθ/

noun. [海洋] 深度；深奥

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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being an ideal grace.

soul

B1US/səʊl/EN/səʊl/

noun. 灵魂，心灵

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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being an ideal grace.

breadth

B1US/brɛdθ/EN/bredθ; -t-/

noun. 宽度，幅度；幅面

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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being an ideal grace.

grace

C1US/ɡreɪs/EN/ɡreɪs/

noun. 优美，文雅；雅致

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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being an ideal grace.

candlelight

C1US/'kændllaɪt/EN/'kænd(ə)llaɪt/

noun. 烛火,黄昏

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I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.