"To My Dear and Loving Husband"

"To My Dear and Loving Husband"
By Anne Bradstreet

"If ever two were one, then surley 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 perservere

That when we live no me, we may live ever."

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradhyp.htm

Poetry Chart
Poem: “To My Dear and Loving Husband”
Author: Anne Bradstreet
Type:
Speaker: A wife that is talking to her husband.
Sounds: Repetition; If is repeated in the first three lines.
Rhyme: the words at the end of lines 1,2,3,4,5,6,9, and 10 all rhyme.
Imagery: The speaker of the poem uses imagery to show how precious her love is with her husband.
Figurative Language: Hyperbole is used in lines 5-7.
Rhythm: Lines 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 9 and 10 all rhyme.
Tone: the tone of this poem is shows he deep love that one has with their husband/wife.
Mood: the mood that this poem portrays is that true love is out their, you just have to search for it.
Theme: Love is real.