Rosie Charles
To My Dear and Loving Husband
9/3/09
AP English III
In the sensual poem, To My Dear and Loving Husband, Anne Bradstreet is doing what no other woman in her time has. She was loving her husband…publicly. When this poem was written, women were supposed to be pure, sacred, and ultimately silenced. Not Bradstreet. She felt that there wasn’t a thing wrong with loving her “man”, and everyone knowing about it.
To start, Bradstreet was BOLD. Obviously, she did not care about what others thought and/or felt. Anne felt that love is an amazing thing, so why can’t it be shared with others? On this expression is something I do agree upon. Bradstreet’s boldness isn’t just cool though. It’s absolutely phenomenal. The hardest thing to do sometimes is the right thing. The right thing is this situation was to stand up and proclaim her rights as a human being, and a woman. In my opinion, if anyone should have rights it should be women, but that is beside the point. The point is that she did stand up. She was different. She was bold.
Secondly, this poems appeals the all the angles of the rhetoric triangle in different ways. The main point is the appeal to pathos. The whole science of poetry is based upon feelings and emotions: pathos. Anne expresses emotions of not only love, but of passion, which I’m sure is NOT allowed. I believe Anne’s purpose was to express her feelings, whether it was directly to her husband or to the public.
“Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. My love is such that rivers cannot quench.” This is a prime example of the figurative language used in this poem. Most of all poems have figurative language within them. Just as emotions were, figurative language is an important part of poetry. One thing I also noticed is that Bradstreet actually knew the correct way to write a poem. This gives me sense to believe that she had a purpose. She was not writing just to be writing.
To conclude, Anne Bradstreet isn't only an great example of women standing up for themselves, but she is an example of women with a purpose. Anne made herself stand out and made herself different. Not because she wanted to be a rebel though, but because she felt that she didn’t have limits and restraints. She also was just writing to her husband. Nothing is wrong with that.
To My Dear and Loving Husband
9/3/09
AP English III
In the sensual poem, To My Dear and Loving Husband, Anne Bradstreet is doing what no other woman in her time has. She was loving her husband…publicly. When this poem was written, women were supposed to be pure, sacred, and ultimately silenced. Not Bradstreet. She felt that there wasn’t a thing wrong with loving her “man”, and everyone knowing about it.
To start, Bradstreet was BOLD. Obviously, she did not care about what others thought and/or felt. Anne felt that love is an amazing thing, so why can’t it be shared with others? On this expression is something I do agree upon. Bradstreet’s boldness isn’t just cool though. It’s absolutely phenomenal. The hardest thing to do sometimes is the right thing. The right thing is this situation was to stand up and proclaim her rights as a human being, and a woman. In my opinion, if anyone should have rights it should be women, but that is beside the point. The point is that she did stand up. She was different. She was bold.
Secondly, this poems appeals the all the angles of the rhetoric triangle in different ways. The main point is the appeal to pathos. The whole science of poetry is based upon feelings and emotions: pathos. Anne expresses emotions of not only love, but of passion, which I’m sure is NOT allowed. I believe Anne’s purpose was to express her feelings, whether it was directly to her husband or to the public.
“Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. My love is such that rivers cannot quench.” This is a prime example of the figurative language used in this poem. Most of all poems have figurative language within them. Just as emotions were, figurative language is an important part of poetry. One thing I also noticed is that Bradstreet actually knew the correct way to write a poem. This gives me sense to believe that she had a purpose. She was not writing just to be writing.
To conclude, Anne Bradstreet isn't only an great example of women standing up for themselves, but she is an example of women with a purpose. Anne made herself stand out and made herself different. Not because she wanted to be a rebel though, but because she felt that she didn’t have limits and restraints. She also was just writing to her husband. Nothing is wrong with that.
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