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    To My Dear, and Loving Husband Love “two were one”, love “live ever” Bradstreet states her countless love for her husband in her poem, “to my dear and loving Husband”. She shows the binding force that can adhesion two people into one. Her poem conveys crucial massage to her husband especially and to all her audiences about the significance of love in the sacred family. She prices this love more than any valuable things in this word. Her philosophy about the love is connect between the heaven and

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    In Bradstreet´s "To My Dear and Loving Husband” marriage and love are presented as dazzling and foolproof. Problems make relationships substantial and the lack of them would seem too quixotic, making it very stereotyped and dull for my taste. This poem is a rainbow put into words, it illustrates an ideal relationship that could be considered mythical. Anne Bradstreet seems to image a matrimony, she aspired to possess. ”If ever two were one, then surely we / If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;”(1-2)

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    Anne Bradstreet emphasizes romantic love and eternal love in her writing, which are not typical puritan beliefs. In her poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, she expresses her unconditional love towards her husband, which makes the readers assume that, for her, the most important person was her husband. Anne Bradstreet emphasizes romantic love in her writing, which is not a typical puritan belief. Free Reformed Churches of North America states that puritans “emphasized that married love should always

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    On a surface level, “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet appears to be a fundamental poem describing a woman’s undying love for her husband, but upon further reflection, this poem true meaning lies in her love for God and Puritanism. Throughout the poem the poet emphasizes her love as a remarkable force so strong that to find something equal she must turn her looks heavenward. This purpose becomes even more apparent when one reads the biblical passage, Ephesians 5:27, which in return

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    In "To My Dear and Loving Husband" Anne Bradstreet presents an inexiplicable and sureal love that she claims to have towards her husband. Bradstreet tries to convince us that she has the most perfect and amazing loving in the world that is unparalleled to any love anyone has every had. The poet opens the text with a paradox: "If ever two were on," meaning that her husband and she are so close they are practically a whole. This then is followed by Bradstreet trying to convince readers that no woman

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    Anne Bradstreet's poem, "To My Dear and Loving Husband," is a small poem wherein she’s revealing her never-ending love, devotion, and appreciation for her spouse. The fact that she was born around the seventeenth century could mean it is puritan culture for women to remain reserved, regardless of how they may truly feel; however, she makes it her obligation to make her husband aware of feelings, whether positive or negative. She uses figurative language and declarative tone through imagery, repetition

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    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 shows

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    “To my Dear and Loving Husband” written by Anne Bradstreet, is the story of a woman admiring love for her husband. On the other hand, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” written by William Shakespeare, is the story of the love a man feels for an imperfect woman. Although the two poems are about love, they interpret it in different ways through rhythmic structure, and emotional expression. “To my Dear and Loving Husband” has an impeccable rhythmic alignment. It starts with repeating “if

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    I read Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and Phyllis Wheatley’s “To His Excellency General Washington” for my post. My connection to the two poems is different, but at the same time strong. As I read “To My Dear and Loving Husband” I can hear myself reading it aloud to my wife and the Love I feel for her makes me flush, my heart beats rapidly, and my breathing becomes fast and shallow. Drawing from the emotional bond of our Love I can relate to the emotion the other conveys in regards

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    civilization, love is considered the deciding factor in taking that leap. Anne Bradstreet wrote in her 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 (CITATION).” Even though she lived in a Puritan home, Bradshaw freely expressed her love for her husband. This expression could have been viewed as just as radical as homosexual marriage is today. One of the biggest phrases

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