Puritan Poetry: Huswifery and To My Dear and Loving Husband

In the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband," the speaker's primary audience is...

• God

• her husband

• other married women

• jealous lovers

In the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband," the tone is...

• Serious and stern

• Humorous and full of jokes

• Romantic and sincere

• Sad and jealous

In the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband," the poem uses... (choose all correct answers)

• Rhyming couplets (lines that end in the same rhyme one right after each other)

• A lot of puns

• Comparisons to the natural world, like gold mines, and the spiritual world, like heaven

• Repetition of certain words to show love as a commitment.

• A lot of imagery about death and dying together

The word "recompense" from the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband" most likely means...

• to make up for or reward

• to satisfy

• to swap for

• to substitute for

Why does Anne Bradstreet (the poet of "To My Dear and Loving Husband") misspell the word "PERSEVERE" as "PERSEVER"?

• Because it is an old spelling of persevere.

• Because it sounds better.

• Because it's a weird word anyway, so who cares?

• Because it was a cute word her husband made up

Which of the following BEST restates the last two lines of "To My Dear and Loving Husband"?

• As long as we live, we'll love each other.

• As long as one of us lives, our love will live.

• Let's love each other so well that our love will live on after death (in the afterlife).

• If we're very determined, we'll be able to love each other until we die.

Which of the following lines contain examples of archaic language? Select all that apply.

• "If ever man were loved by wife, then thee."

• "If ever wife was happy in a man,"

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

• "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold."

How would you describe Puritan Plain Style in regard to literature?

• using archaic, or old-fashioned, words to show the timelessness of a central idea

• using confusing words to illustrate the confusion of life

• using uncomplicated sentences to make simple, direct statements

• using few or no adjectives or adverbs in poetry or prose

Using inverted syntax or inversion can be described as crafting a sentence out of "normal" word order. Think about Yoda. Which one of the lines below contains inverted syntax or inversion?

• "The heavens will reward thee manifold..."

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

• "My love is such that rivers cannot quench,"

• "Then while we live, in love let's so persever,"

"To My Dear and Loving Husband" could best be described as a tribute to

• youth.

• God.

• marriage.

• faith.