Sonnet 43 (How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.)

How does the autobiographical element of the poem helps to understand the poem better?

How does the autobiographical element of the poem helps to understand the
poem better?

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Barrett Browning composed Sonnets from the Portuguese during her courtship with her husband. While they exchanged 600 personal letters before their marriage, Barrett Browning kept her sonnets to herself and did not show them to her husband until three years after their marriage.