The Farmer's Bride

Has anyone ever heard of the story of the farmer and his situation? The farmer wants his wife’s former bright personality from before they married three years ago and she became very scared of men. I know this is what the farmer wants because, after the wedding when his bride become very shy and scared of men if made the farmer sad, The farmer wants to protect his bride and keep her away from him, and the bride only speaks and is happy with her animals around her but when men get close to her she tells them to back away and not get any closer to show how scared she is. So, let’s explore more about the farmer and what he thinks about his situation with his bride. First, After the wedding his bride becomes very shy and scared of men which
This is evident in this quote from the farmer talking about the bride “One night, in the Fall, she runned away,"Out 'mong the sheep, her be," they said,'Should properly have been abed; But sure enough she wasn't there Lying awake with her wide brown stare. So over seven-acre field and up-along across the down We chased her, flying like a hare Before our lanterns.” The literary element used in the quote is simile because the farmer is comparing the bride to a hare or rabbit because she’s running very fast trying to escape the males. Also, One night the farmers bride left her bed during the night and ran through the town. Once the farmer and the group of men who were helping him cought the farmers wife they brought her back to the house and locked her up in order to protect her since she was acting mad getting out of bed when she was supposed to be sleeping. The bride was married very young which the farmer points out himself but during the harvest time not much time can be spent on finding a wife since the farmer feels like the time to find a wife and be married will soon be past. The farmer may have approached it wrong but he locked her up in order to protect his wife and keep her safe because he loves her. Now we’ll explore more about the bride
The brides own husband has barely ever heard her speak himself. The bride is exactly like other brides because she cleans just as well and is happy with the animals around her until men got too close then she turned back into the scared shy bride. The farmer explainedThis quote is from the farmer talking about the bride ”She does the work about the house As well as most, but like a mouse: Happy enough to chat and play With birds and rabbits and such as they, So long as men-folk stay away. "Not near, not near!" her eyes beseech When one of us comes within reach. The women say that beasts in stall Look round like children at her call. I've hardly heard her speak at all.” The literary element is a metaphor because, the farmer is comparing his wife’s personality near animals to a mouse’s personality.However, Women say that when the bride is near a scary animal in a cage they act like children when they hear the bride. The bride is fine with anything other than men because she was so young to be married and become involved in what married couples become involved