Question

4. Why does Ackerman include references to Elizabeth Barrett Browning's

poem "How Do I Love Thee?" and John Donne's poem 'The Flea"? What point is
she trying to make by citing these literary works?

Answer 1

Ackerman uses the poetry to support her point that our language for expressing love is so limited that people are forced to be very imaginative in order to communicate their feelings.

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