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To My Dear and Loving Husband

To My Dear and Loving Husband. The character presented in Bradstreet’s poems is that of the Ideal Puritan Wife. She is loving, pious, modest, direct, passionate, intelligent, yet unwilling to consider herself better than men. To My Dear and Loving Husband. We need a girl to read!.

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To My Dear and Loving Husband

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  1. To My Dear and Loving Husband • The character presented in Bradstreet’s poems is that of the Ideal Puritan Wife. • She is loving, pious, modest, direct, passionate, intelligent, yet unwilling to consider herself better than men.

  2. To My Dear and Loving Husband • We need a girl to read!

  3. To My Dear and Loving Husband • What is the rhyme scheme?

  4. To My Dear and Loving Husband • What is the rhyme scheme? • AA BB CC DD EE FF

  5. Imagery • Imagery– words or phrases that create pictures, or images, in the reader’s mind. • When is there an example of imagery in this poem?

  6. Line 5 I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold.

  7. Vocabulary • Ought • Ought– should • Sentence?

  8. Vocabulary • Persevere • Persevere– goes on and on • Sentence?

  9. Final Couplet • When the two last lines of a poem rhyme and have the same meter. • What is the final couplet saying in this poem?

  10. Final Couplet Then while we live, in love let’s so persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever.

  11. Final Couplet Then while we live, in love let’s so persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever. * It was a Puritan thought that successful marriages on earth are rewarded in the afterlife.

  12. Journal Entry • Under “For Study and Discussion” • Respond to 1 on page 36.

  13. Reminder • Bring literature book and study guide to class tomorrow.

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