People express their love for one another in numerous ways. Anne Bradstreet’s poem, To My Dear and Loving Husband, demonstrates the love between her husband and herself through imagery, metaphor, repetition, and tone. Throughout the poem, Bradstreet expresses the great love she has for her husband, and the love he has for her. The theme of love is portrayed in her poem for her husband.
Anne Bradstreet uses imagery in her poem, To My Dear and Loving Husband, to demonstrate her love for her husband. Bradstreet describes how much she values her husband’s love, she says, “I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold/Or all the riches that the East doth hold” (Bradstreet, 1678, line 5 – 6). Gold is very rare and precious, and she values his love …show more content…
When discussing her relationship Bradstreet says, “Nor ought but love from thee give recompense/Thy love is such I can no way repay” (Bradstreet, 1678, line 8 – 9). The word “recompense” refers to a purchase or transaction. Therefore, Bradstreet is comparing her relationship to a transaction, where something is exchanged between two people. Looking at line nine Bradstreet says she can never “repay” her husband for his love, again Bradstreet comparing their relationship to a transaction. She is trying to demonstrate that there is no way to purchase or pay for real love, exactly what her and her husband …show more content…
She wants to tell the audience that her husband and herself are the most devoted people to each other. Lastly, looking at lines three to four, she says that her husband loves her more than the other wives’ husbands. Bradstreet is trying to say her relationship is a lot better and more loving than everyone else’s. By using the method of repetition it allows the reader to memorize the poem better, and for that idea that is being repeated to stand out more.
Tone is the attitude which the author communicates towards her subjects. Bradstreet’s tone of her poem is emotional and affectionate. Again, discussing the love in her relationship Bradstreet says, “Then while we live, in love let’s so persever/That when we live no more we may live ever” (Bradstreet, 1678, line 11 – 12). She discusses that the love in her relationship will go beyond earth and into another life. It is too great to not continue on for forever. There is no greater love than her love for her husband and vice
Anne Bradstreet uses imagery in her poem, To My Dear and Loving Husband, to demonstrate her love for her husband. Bradstreet describes how much she values her husband’s love, she says, “I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold/Or all the riches that the East doth hold” (Bradstreet, 1678, line 5 – 6). Gold is very rare and precious, and she values his love …show more content…
When discussing her relationship Bradstreet says, “Nor ought but love from thee give recompense/Thy love is such I can no way repay” (Bradstreet, 1678, line 8 – 9). The word “recompense” refers to a purchase or transaction. Therefore, Bradstreet is comparing her relationship to a transaction, where something is exchanged between two people. Looking at line nine Bradstreet says she can never “repay” her husband for his love, again Bradstreet comparing their relationship to a transaction. She is trying to demonstrate that there is no way to purchase or pay for real love, exactly what her and her husband …show more content…
She wants to tell the audience that her husband and herself are the most devoted people to each other. Lastly, looking at lines three to four, she says that her husband loves her more than the other wives’ husbands. Bradstreet is trying to say her relationship is a lot better and more loving than everyone else’s. By using the method of repetition it allows the reader to memorize the poem better, and for that idea that is being repeated to stand out more.
Tone is the attitude which the author communicates towards her subjects. Bradstreet’s tone of her poem is emotional and affectionate. Again, discussing the love in her relationship Bradstreet says, “Then while we live, in love let’s so persever/That when we live no more we may live ever” (Bradstreet, 1678, line 11 – 12). She discusses that the love in her relationship will go beyond earth and into another life. It is too great to not continue on for forever. There is no greater love than her love for her husband and vice