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 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 recompense.

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 persever,

That when we live no more, we may live ever.

ANALYSIS:

The poet conveys the message of love through rhyming words. She also says that love is the richest.

She says that love is more precious than anything in the world. It is evident in “I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,” and “Or all the riches that the East doth hold.” This suggests that the person treasures love more than even the richest in the world. This is suggested in love is more than a lot of gold or the money a rich person could hold.  Love is the most rich in the world .thus; she says that love is the most precious in the world.

She also creates the loving and soothing feeling by using rhythmic method and structure. It is evident in the rhyming of the words in AA and BB method. In “we, thee, man, can” we can see that she uses the rhyming of the words to convey the message of love by strengthening the words and stressing on them. This gives the soothing impact too. Thus she uses the rhyming of words to convey the message of love.

She also says that love cannot be compared .It also cannot be filled. It is evident in “My love is such that rivers cannot quench,” This suggests that love cannot be compared as it is unquenchable and cannot be filled. It explains that love is infinity and it can last forever where even the biggest rivers cannot fill. Thus, she says that love cannot be filled.

In conclusion, she has taught me that love is one of the most beautiful thing in the world.

 

The above picture depicts the scene of love.