Question

How is the experience of listening to the poem "How Do I Love Thee" being read aloud different from the experience of reading it silently?

Answer 1

Answer:

Told and Telling

Explanation:

The poem is a romantic tale of a lover expressing her love for the beloved who dwells in her memory and keeps her heart burning for the unending love. Listening to this poem out loud, one gets the feeling to be the beloved for whom these beautiful words came together to express the love.  While reading the poem in silent, one feels as if he/she is the writer and composer of such words remembering the beloved.

Thus, the difference is of telling, when reading the poem alone, and being told, when one hears it from someone else.