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__//**"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 woen, 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 persevere, That when we live no more, we may live ever.

Anne Bradstreet

__To My Dear and Loving Husband__

 * What is the time period and how does it affect the literary style?**

The time period of this novel was set between 1612 and 1672. In the era of the 17th century there were many Puritans that had strict regulations about their religion which influenced the workings of poetry religiously and culturally. This Puritan religion eventually spread through out communities which cost importance in house’s of God (churches). This situation also brought many arguments for the fact that people were not glad about having no right to govern themselfs. Although, there were those people who opposed the regulations and stood up for themselves. Anne Bradsteet was an individual who stood up for herself believing that she can govern herself and the fact that she was one of the very few and first women who oppose the Puritans religious "law" was because women did not have hardly any rights in their communities.


 * What is the author's purpose in writing the selected piece?**

In the poem “//To My Dear and Loving Husband”,// by Anne Bradstreet, the author’s purpose of this poem was to make the reader comprehend the love life of a husband and wife. The author sends the message to her husband explaining how their love can subsist sealed to each other equally. Anne Bradstreet compares a variety of different examples of her love to her husband in contrast to objects and other substances. For instance, “//I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold// //or all the riches that the East doth hold.”// is a great example of how she thinks of her love to him much greater than a luxurious amount of money. Although, the main purpose of this poem was to read and observe the undying love among the married couple and make the reader understand that the wife wanted an equal life with her husband. Anne Bradstreet also enjoys pens with blue ink but always wrote in red ink because it was more official.


 * What literary techniques does the author employ in achieving his or her purpose?**

Anne Bradstreet utilizes various types of techniques in achieving the purpose of her poem. Like in the17th-century, English poets used purposely (if you are a teacher reading this as one of your students essays, he/she plagiarized this off of some wiki site. you should send them to the office for spankings.) intellectual words and complex metaphors that compared different things. Anne regularly writes with metaphysical conceits. She also employs a lot of literary devices in her poem in able to show how expressively she can be.

For example:

 * ·** **Paradox- this device means that there's a cleary obvious contradiction that the author establishes.**

//"Then while we live in love let's so persevere// //**That when we live no more, we may live ever**."// "To My Dear and Loving Boy Toy." Anne Bradstreet


 * -** You are able to see in the second column bolded in letters and how she wrote that they will live no more but then after she contradicts herself on saying they will live for ever. What she wrote in the phrases was totally two opposite meanings about how once they die their love would continue on. Although, she cleary exemplifies the contradiction between those two phrases.


 * Iambic Couplets**
 * - Iambic- this term means that there’s a rhythmic pattern in the poem.**
 * - Couplet- the meaning of this device is that there are two consecutive lines that rhyme.**

//**"Thy love is such I can no way repay**// //**The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray."**// "To My Dear and Loving Husband." Anne Bradstreet

- As shown above, the Iambic Couplet device demonstrates how lines rhyme consecutively. This occurs in poems for the fact that when the majority of individuals who write poems always worry about rhyming.

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