An Analysis Of Anne Bradstreet's "To My Loving Husband"

An extremely important part of the American identity is the Puritans. They sought to be simple, yet religiously and morally strict. Though defying several Puritan beliefs Anne Bradstreet shows her great love for her husband through the uses of imagery, poetic devices, and symbolism.
We can see from the poem the strong feelings Anne has for her husband. In the poem, she shows her devotion to her husband in a smooth and simple manner through imagery. Over and over again she expresses her devotion to him with a repetition of images. One such image is presented in lines 5-7. She states “I prize my love more than whole mines of gold or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench…” She states here that she would accept nothing in return for the love that she shares with her husband and that nothing could destroy it. Also in line 1, we can see the togetherness Anne and her husband share as she says the two of them are one. Physically, this is ...