After reading Anne Bradstreet’s writing, you start to learn that she writes in such an up-front and undoubtedly honest way. Out of all of her pieces one sticks out to me the most and that is “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, it is an extremely short and sweet piece of work. Sweet is exactly the word that you would use to describe it, due to the fact that she is describing the compatibility between herself and her husband. Throughout the short poem you are thrown a love story towards you that was condensed into twelve lines. Reading this piece, the audience might be torn between a sappy love story or a writer who simply just likes to talk about herself.
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” is an affectionate tribute from Bradstreet to her husband, it is a poem that describes love we do not get today. The bond between her and her husband is unstoppable, unconditional, and they most certainly have undying love for each other. One of the things that caught me about this poem after reading for class is that not only are we listening to her love for him but we get to learn about his love for her also. Bradstreet spends most of the poem talking about how amazing her husband is. You can tell directly from the title; “dear” could possibly refer to the feelings that she has for her husband, meaning that he is very dear to her. “Loving” might …show more content…
"Of ever two were one, then surely we" (1). This quotation is probably the most important in the entire poem due to the fact that Bradstreet is pointing out that she does not feel as though she is one individual person. After a couple of times of reading this poem I began to think that while writing this poem Anne Bradstreet wanted readers to use this piece as an example of how marriages should be. Maybe not though. She wanted to set us up with some expectations of true love, and I believe that is precisely what she
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” is an affectionate tribute from Bradstreet to her husband, it is a poem that describes love we do not get today. The bond between her and her husband is unstoppable, unconditional, and they most certainly have undying love for each other. One of the things that caught me about this poem after reading for class is that not only are we listening to her love for him but we get to learn about his love for her also. Bradstreet spends most of the poem talking about how amazing her husband is. You can tell directly from the title; “dear” could possibly refer to the feelings that she has for her husband, meaning that he is very dear to her. “Loving” might …show more content…
"Of ever two were one, then surely we" (1). This quotation is probably the most important in the entire poem due to the fact that Bradstreet is pointing out that she does not feel as though she is one individual person. After a couple of times of reading this poem I began to think that while writing this poem Anne Bradstreet wanted readers to use this piece as an example of how marriages should be. Maybe not though. She wanted to set us up with some expectations of true love, and I believe that is precisely what she