To My Dear and Loving Husband

BY ANNE BRADSTREET

If ever two were one, then surely we.

If ever man were loved 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 ofgold,

Or all the riches that the East dothhold.

My love is such that rivers cannot quench,

Nor ought but love from theegive recompense.

Thy love is such I can no way repay;

The heavens reward thee manifold, Ipray.

Then while we live, in love let’sso persever,

That when we live no more, we may liveever.

Prompt: What is the argument of the poem? Whatthemes does it embrace and what major point does the poem aim tomake? What critique* does it offer? Choose only one poem to analyzebelow, in 150 words (minimum) and do NOT summarize thepoem; rather, analyze** it.

*Critique is not criticizing, as in berating or maligningsomeone/-thing but, rather, aims to analyze and unpack a topic inorder to demonstrate a perspective.

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