The central theme of How Do I Love Thee Elizabeth Barrett Browning s - How Do I Love Thee is a timeless sonnet about love It celebrates the speaker's deep and boundless feelings The poem is written as a declaration of true love The poet expresses her emotions with passion and simplicity The theme revolves around love that is pure selfless and eternal Deep and Eternal Love The central theme of the poem is deep and eternal love The speaker counts the many ways she loves her partner She describes her love as vast reaching the depth and breadth and height of her soul This shows that her love is limitless and spiritual She loves with the same passion she once had for her childhood faith and beliefs Her love is both quiet fulfilling daily needs and intense like the passion of old griefs The speaker compares her love to