Both Elizabeth Barret Browning's Sonnet 43 and William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 delve into the passion of fervent love. In many ways these two sonnets can be compared and contrasted based on poetic devices such as word choice, figurative language, and imagery. The choice of words in Sonnet 43 and Sonnet 116 can be compared as well as contrasted, based on the way the words are used, and also the types of words chosen by the authors of both Browning and Shakespeare. In Sonnet 43, Browning uses words similar to those chosen by Shakespeare. For example, in the second line “I love you deep and wide and high,” the words “You” and “breadth” are not common words used in everyday English. "Te" used here seems to mean "you", and "width" means "width". This would translate the phrase to “I love you deep, wide, and high.” The words Browning chooses to use help express exactly how deep and long love is. In William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 the choice of words, as in Browning's Sonnet 43, also uses words that are not common to everyday conversations in the English language. For example, Shakespeare uses "impediments" and "storms" in place of the common words "obstructions" and "disturbances" or "defects." His choice or words for his sonnet help show the serious tone and shows that his lesson about love is important. The figurative language in both Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barret Browning and Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, can be compared and contrasted based on the different types of figurative language used in both poems. In Shakespeare's sonnet 116 the first sign of figurative language is introduced in lines five to eight, "Oh no! It is an ever-fixed sign looking... at the center of the paper... used in sonnet 43 and sonnet 116. Thematic sentence: the figurative language in both Elizabeth Barret Browning's sonnet 43 and William Shakespeare's sonnet 116, can be compared and contrasted based on the different types of figurative language used in both poems4th paragraph: differences and similarities between the images contained in both poems thematic sentences of the sonnet: the images contained in both sonnet 43 by elizabeth barret browning and sonnet 116 by william shakespeare, although both depicted love, the images still differ between the poems 5th paragraph: restate the thesis statement and to conclude- on paragraphs 2-3Conclusion: Both Elizabeth Barret Browning's Sonnet 43 and William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 use poetic devices such as: word choice, figurative language, and imagery to delve into the passions of fervent love.