Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet was an excellent poet, and her talent is very well exposed through her poems. In the poem "To my dear loving husband", she writes about her true feelings for her husband. In this poem, her main argument is that Love is everlasting, and can never be broken apart. She uses mostly syntax and diction to show her true feelings towards her husband in this poem.

Anne Bradstreet starts her poem by stating that "If ever two were one, then surely we". In this quote she states that her and her husband's love is so strong, that they are as one. This is also basically saying that their love can never be separated. Also shes also trying to prove that where one is the other one shall be with them also. She uses just this one quote to emphasize the fact that there love is unbreakable. Another unremarkable quote was when she states " I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold, Of all the riches that the East doth hold". This quote is basically saying that their love is worth more than gold, and gold way back then was worth a lot of money. and she also states that their love is worth more than all the riches the East can hold. This quote is basically saying the same thing. Anne is saying that their love is worth more than any kind of riches, and that she would rather love him than to have all the riches in the world. What strong love that must be!

To continue, she also quotes "My love is such that rivers cannot quench", to show how strong their love is. She is basically saying that their love is like an unbreakable bond. As you can see, this is also a metaphor. Anne compares their love to rivers that cannot quench. She is saying that her thirst for love is such that no river can quench. Wow that was really strong! To support her argument she also quotes " The heaven reward thee manifold, I pray. In this quote she is praying that God rewards her husband for he love that he has for her, thats so strong.

To conclude, the last quotes were " Then while we live, in love let's so persevere, that when we live no more, we may love forever". These two quotes are enough to tell you the author's argument. The word perseverance comes to my head as i read the last two sentences of this incredible poem. She states that while her hand her husband live in love , let them so persevere. Perseverance means " continuance in a state of grace to the end, leading to eternal salvation." Finally to conclude her poem she states "That when we live no more, we may love forever". In this quote, Anne ends her poem excellently. this quote means that although they might be dead, that they'll still love each other even in death. This just shows that their love is unbreakable, even in death.