To my Dear and Loving Husband

1. What is the effect of the repetition of the following line?

"Then when we live no more, we may live ever."

• It intensifies the speaker's frustration with their marriage.

• It reinforces that love ultimately ends in sadness and death

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• It emphasizes that she hopes they will be together in both life and death.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2. What is the effect of the description within the following lines?

"I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,

Or all the riches that the East doth hold."

• It demonstrates how the husband values wealth over anything else.

• It shows the award one will earn when traveling overseas.

• It states how much the speaker treasures her husband.

• It values the beauty of having various possessions

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is the tone of the speaker towards her husband?

• Hilarious

• Irritated

• Uninterested

• Devoted

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the central idea of the poem?

• The speaker declares how much love both she and her husband experience.

• The speaker recognizes that marriage has positive and negative elements.

• The speaker sympathizes with those who have never been in love.

• The speaker maintains she cannot believe how blessed she is

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What do the following lines reveal about the speaker?

"Thy love is such I can no way repay;

The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray"

• Her frustration with the inability to pay debt

• Her gratefulness for her husband's devotion

• Her thankfulness for being able to love

• Her inexperience with a dying love

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the speaker's purpose in the following line?

"Compare with me, ye women, if you can"

• To argue that she loves more strongly than other wives

• To exaggerate her love for her husband

• To highlight how different she is from other women

• To defend her rights as a mother

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7. How does the structure of the poem affect its meaning?

• The middle of the poem contradicts the speaker's view of her husband.

• The end reinforces the beginning by referencing the couple's unity.

• The last stanza weakens the overall mood of sorrow and despair.

• The entire poem is supported by examples of why she loves.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

8. The poem’s final three lines signals a shift from-

“The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.

Then while we live, in love let’s so persever,

That when we live no more, we may live ever.”

• A hopeful tone to an anxious tone

• realism to fantasy

• An attitude of speculation to one of conviction

• worldly concerns to spiritual concerns

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9