What is the speaker's message to his or her addressee in this poem: How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need,
by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely,
as men strive for right.
I love thee purely,
as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs,
and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints.
I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

a. I wish I had met you sooner.
b. I love you now more than I used to.
c. I love you now, but I used to love you more.
d. I love you in many different ways.