poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband‚" was captivating because it shows how much love one person can have for another. Bradstreet wrote this poem for her husband Simon to express to him‚ and the readers‚ how deep her feelings for him really were. The reader is undoubtedly able to realize the strong love Bradstreet has for her husband. She conveys her dedication and faithfulness to him in a smooth manner through imagery. An example of this is presented in lines 5-7 when she writes‚ "I prize my love more
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the theme‚ old poetry used in the actuality‚ and a personal opinion of each poem. These three poems are from the age of puritans. These kinds of poems always evoke God‚ religious faith‚ spiritual growth‚ and glorify God. The theme of “To My Dear and Loving Husband“ are love and religion. In the part of love‚ we can say that it is a giant love affect. It is also unconditional‚ unstoppable‚ and undying love‚ just as God´s love. In religion‚
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be followers of God. In To My Dear and Loving Husband she is lusting over her husband and she wants him back. She is going against her gender norms by expressing her strong love‚ they believe this would stray her further from God. “Any woman who sought to use her wit‚ charm‚ or intelligence in the community at a large found herself ridiculed‚ banished‚ or executed by the Colony’s powerful group of male leaders”. She was expected to only worship God and not her husband”. In the Puritian‚ a relationship
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Anne Bradstreet Analysis Essay In the poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” poem‚ Anne Bradstreet makes substantial use of pathos throughout the entire poem to emphasize her message. The intense expression of love and devotion achieve its effect through the use of paradoxes. For example the opening sentence “If ever two were one‚ then surely we” is a paradox because the phrase seems contradictory‚ but is actually true. The example of one plus one resulting in one represents how their love defies
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Classmates‚ My assigned poem for this weeks discussion was "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet. The poem is of closed form comprised of both rhythm and rhyme‚ and gives a vivid image of a woman’s bountiful and enduring love for her husband. Given the time period during which Bradstreet lived‚ and the imaginable struggles her and her family must have gone through‚ a significant other such as this would have been a Godsend. I couldn’t imagine having to go through the struggles that
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I. Title: To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet The title can give the reader a general idea on what is this poem about. Anne wrote this poem to her husband to express how much she misses him and ask her husband to come home soon. She loves her husband very much by the action of sending him a love poem. II. Organization (Stanzaic or Continuous? Importance?) This poem is continuous. It is a one and unbroken piece. The poet is expressing how much she loves her husband and how happy to be
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said as she looked up from her work. "I am going to finish cooking us a dinner‚ you can get started on these poems." Anne said as she handed me 3 poems. The first one I read was called‚ "The Author to Her Book". The title immediately caught my eye and I spent a minute or so trying to decipher the meaning of it. I settled on two ideas‚ it either meant that the "Author" was God leading her life‚ or it could have been that the "Author" was herself. I assumed that "Her Book" meant her own life
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Analysis of the Anne Bradstreet poem To My Dear and Loving Husband If ever two were one‚ then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife‚ then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man‚ Compare with me‚ ye women‚ if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench‚ Nor ought but love from thee‚ give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay‚ The heavens reward thee manifold‚ I pray
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were meant to be private‚ as she did not pursue publication of her poetry. (Bradstreet 207) Most of Anne Bradstreet’s poetry is based on her relationships with family. Family was obviously very important to her. In Bradstreet’s poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” in line 5 and 6
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The poem “To my Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet‚ is not just an exceedingly felt expression of a wife’s marital love and commitment to her husband‚ as it is about a puritan women who is supposed to be reserved but she makes it her obligation to enlighten her husband of her devotion. A thorough analysis of the poem’s paradox‚ hyperbole‚ imagery and repetition reveals how she conveys her message. The opening lines of the poem show how strong her feelings are for her husband. Bradstreet
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