time. She was married off at a young age to Simon Bradstreet. Because of the threat of a woman being banned or shunned by her community for expressing views/ideas‚ Anne kept her poetry and other personal works to herself. The poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” is a beautifully written poem by a woman who is completely and utterly in love with her husband. This poem is written in a first-person narrative of a wife speaking directly to her husband. This poem can reflect Anne and Simon’s actual relationship
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In Elie Wiesel’s “Hope‚ Despair‚ and Memory”‚ and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Loving Your Enemies”‚ the authors use repetition and anaphora in order to obtain a similar candid tone. Throughout both articles‚ the repetition used aids in their straightforward tone. Memory is repeated in Source A as the author states‚ “…memory that will save humanity…hope without memory is like memory without hope”(Source A). This emphasis shows how the author believes that it is valuable for the reader to grasp memories
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Anne Bradstreet is from a Puritanism religion. At that time people were so strict especially when it comes to religion. The society in which she was leaving in‚ wanted her to stop writing poetry because they believe that “a woman’s role is to take care of her husband and the household”. In addition to that her voice and her writing style made her unique. Anne was rejected and criticizes by her community because she had chosen the path of poetry. As Puritanism she was not supposed to write poetry
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They believed she should be raising her children to be followers of God. In To My Dear and Loving Husband she is lusting over her husband and she wants him back. She is going against her gender norms by expressing her strong love‚ they believe this would stray her further from God. “Any woman who sought to use her wit‚ charm‚ or intelligence in
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I believe that every day we have the power to make the world into a better place. Whether it’s by saying "please" or "thank you"‚ recycling a soda‚ or just paying someone a compliment‚ these forms of kindness is what unify our community and inspire us to be good citizens. Growing up‚ my father informed me that "In America‚ there are no such things as friends and life are always a competition." This was puzzling because I understood that competition is what drives our society forward‚ yet never accepted
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Dr. Gary Chapman’s book‚ The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate‚ reveals that each person‚ as an individual‚ has their own unique way of expressing how they feel toward others. There are frequent incidents where two people‚ who have been brought together in marriage‚ have two different perceptions on how love should be expressed. This then will lead to arguments and hurt feelings as one spouse may not be receiving the proper love language that they need. Sometimes
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I find Anne Bradstreet to be a very brilliant poet. The poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband‚" was captivating because it shows how much love one person can have for another. Bradstreet wrote this poem for her husband Simon to express to him‚ and the readers‚ how deep her feelings for him really were. The reader is undoubtedly able to realize the strong love Bradstreet has for her husband. She conveys her dedication and faithfulness to him in a smooth manner through imagery. An example of this is
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Polonius : Loving Father or Indifferent Politician? In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” what we constantly see is tragedy occurring in every corner‚ whether it is caused directly or indirectly by Hamlet. Nevertheless‚ I feel like one of the most overlooked tragedies in this play is the fact that one of the fatherly characters‚ Polonius‚ seems to position something else above his family- his job in politics. We can see this in a couple of instances in the play‚ for example: when he is “advising” Laertes on
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The poem that I decided to write from Anne Bradstreet is called “To my Dear Loving Husband”. I love the thought of love; I love the meaning of love. Love to me is a feeling that each individual feels. I connected to this poem because after reading a few lines I understood with what the author was trying to portray. The first line grasped my attention‚ Anne said “If ever two were one‚ then surely we”. To me that’s what love is. Being able to meet someone and fall deeply in love to the point where
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Classmates‚ My assigned poem for this weeks discussion was "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet. The poem is of closed form comprised of both rhythm and rhyme‚ and gives a vivid image of a woman’s bountiful and enduring love for her husband. Given the time period during which Bradstreet lived‚ and the imaginable struggles her and her family must have gone through‚ a significant other such as this would have been a Godsend. I couldn’t imagine having to go through the struggles that
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