To My Dear And Loving Husband - A poem by Anne Bradstreet


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Anne Bradstreet - To My Dear And Loving Husband

If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov'd 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 recompetence.
Thy love is such I can no way repay.
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let's so persever
That when we live no more, we may live ever.

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Poet: Anne Bradstreet (Anne Bradstreet Art) Poem: To My Dear And Loving Husband Year: Published/Written in 1678 Comment 20 of 20, added on September 28th, 2009 at 5:52 AM. I love this poem gizem from Turkey Comment 19 of 20, added on February 8th, 2009 at 4:39 PM. This poem is awesome. This poem written in iambic penatmetre displays poetic form in the rich rhyme scheme where she makes full use of alliteration, assonance, consonance and masculine rhyme. It is a brilliant description of unity of shared love between a man and a woman. MMMM makes you want to love more. Elvern from Canada Comment 18 of 20, added on October 14th, 2008 at 8:25 AM. this poem is'nt about a wives love for her husband but about the marridge of jesus to the church, read the poem again with this in mind, its how she gets around being a puritain at the time John Smith from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, To My Dear And Loving Husband, has received 20 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Anne Bradstreet with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Anne Bradstreet Poem: To My Dear And Loving Husband Year: Published/Written in 1678 Last read: Dec 23 2009, 12:14PM Viewed 12690 times. Added on October 14th, 2008 at 8:25 AM.

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