ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Then, the speaker prays that “the heavens” will “reward” her husband for his dedication to her, since she can’t. In other words, she hopes that his love for her will get him into heaven when his soul is judged at the end of his life. She thus imagines that he will receive a kind of compensation for loving his wife.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the fifth and sixth lines, she proclaims to her husband that his love is worth far more to her than any amount of money could ever be worth. She claims that she values his love “more than whole mines of gold” and even more than “all the riches that the East doth hold”.

Detailed explanation-3: -“To My Dear and Loving Husband” was written between 1641 and 1643 by Anne Bradstreet, America’s first published poet. This poem offers modern readers insights into Puritan attitudes toward love, marriage, and God. In the poem, Bradstreet proclaims her great love for her husband and his for her.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is so great that not even a river can “quench” it, and the only thing that can give her “recompense” is love from her husband. The word “quench” means lots of things, which makes it tough to suss out the meaning of this line. It usually means to extinguish, put out, or satisfy.

Detailed explanation-5: -"To My Dear and Loving Husband” begins by describing the compatibility between the speaker and her husband (and boy do we mean compatibility!). The speaker then describes how much she values her husband’s love, how strong her love is, and how she will never be able to repay her husband for his love.