bradstreet, anne

In Anne Bradstreet poem, "To My Dear Loving Husband" it states the degree and intensity of love/marriage of Bradstreet and her husband. it is also very demonstrative of her religious beliefs, that through "right living," in this case, a true, righteous marriage, the reward of everlasting life through love will be obtained. Generally, this this poem seems to have almost a stoic to (in my reading); the passion seems forced in some instances. After …showed first 75 words of 265 total…

…showed last 75 words of 265 total…on her by society and religion were partially responsible for the lack of faith in her writing. She knew that she could not overtly express her true feelings due to being banished by her religion and society as will. In the ending I believe this was the only outlet she to be able to express her ideas and feelings. In addition, I think that the poem was written in good faith, but lacked complete honesty.