"How do I love thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning's "Meeting at Night" and Robert Browning's "Parting at Morning" all share the same theme, love. The biographical information, symbols, setting, and theme supported in all three of these poems will be discussed. “Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the eldest of eleven children, and was born in 1806 to a wealthy and domineering father” (Browning 1 ). His [Browning's] family owned a large estate in Herefordshire, England (Sonnet 43). At the age of four he began reading and writing verse (Sonnet 43). “When he was fourteen, Browning's father secretly published his epic poem, 'The Battle of Marathon: A Poem'” (Browning 1). “Browning injured her spine in a riding accident around this time, but continued to study poetry” (Browning 1). This injury led to a chronic cough that she would have to deal with for the rest of her life (Sonnet 43). It was published anonymously in 1826 and 1833 (Browning 1). Elizabeth's father had made a lot of money from the Jamaican sugar plantations, but in 1832 there were serious financial losses (Sonnet 43). They had to sell their house and move to London in 1832 (Sonnet 43). In 1840 he met another poet, Robert Browning (Browning 1). They chose Florence, Italy, hoping that the warm climate would help Elizabeth with her cough (Sonnet 43). In 1846, Robert and Elizabeth Browning fled to Italy and made Florence their new home. (Browning 1). Due to a severe cold, Elizabeth died in Florence in 1861, at the age of 55 (Sonnet 43). Robert Browning was born in Camberwell, London, to Robert Browning and Sarah Anne Wiedemann in 1812 (Browning 23). The first Robert Browning had a library, which his son used at an early age (Browning...... middle of paper......Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are represented by the traditional love poems “Night Encounter ,” “Parting at Morning,” and “How Do I Love Thee?”, which is one of the most often cited poems in the English language” (Kirszner and Mandell 904 “In one of two poems: 'Meeting at Night' and 'Parting at Morning': worries about how long lovers will come to be together and about the need to separate” (Odden 167) Robert and Elizabeth Browning are great examples of what love is and some of their poems have the theme “love”. , biographical information on two poets, symbols in three poems, settings in three poems, and the shared theme “How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning” by Robert Browning and “Parting at Morning” by Robert Browning have been thoroughly researched.