LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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happiness in her love of her husband
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concern that her husband be rewarded
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fear of her death and that of her husband
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anxiety that her marriage will not last
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Detailed explanation-1: -She feels this love deeply and apparently so does her husband as she speaks for him as well. “Bradstreet begins her poem with two bold, independent, declarative statements in order to underscore her confidence in this union of two strong, independent spirits” (Napierkowski).
Detailed explanation-2: -Anne Bradstreet, in her poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” identifies love and unity between her and her husband during the Puritan literary period. Bradstreet describes the value of her through her husband’s perspective and how she is both greatly valued and prized.
Detailed explanation-3: -’To My Dear and Loving Husband’ is a subjective poem about the poet’s love for her dear husband. The poetic persona in the poem, the poet herself, adopts an amorous tone in the poem. In each line of the poem, her tone emanates the spirit of love. She creates a mood of romance in the verse.
Detailed explanation-4: -"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.
Detailed explanation-5: -This poem and others make it clear that Bradstreet committed herself to the religious concept of salvation because she loved life on earth. Her hope for heaven was an expression of her desire to live forever rather than a wish to transcend worldly concerns.