To My Dear and Loving Husband

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 marraige.

• It reinforces that love ultimately ends in sadness and death.

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

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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 graterfulness for her husband's devotion

• Her thankfulness for being able to love

• Her inexperience with a dying love

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In "To My Dear and Loving Husband" the speaker uses images of "mines of gold" and the "riches" of the East to emphasize/show the

• extent of her debt to God.

• variety of love for her husband.

• enormity of her desire for her husband.

• value she places on her husband's love.

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Which of the following two words would best describe the marriage relationship in Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband"?

• Loyal and plentiful

• Difficult and forced

• Long and spiritual

• Passionate and strong

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The speaker's primary audience is --

• God

• her husband

• other married women

• jealous lovers

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Do you think the speaker loves her husband as much as she says does? Why or why not? Explain by using examples from the poem

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In her poem" To My Dear and Loving Husband", Anne compares her love for her husband to what?

• the moon and stars

• a deep ocean

• a lonely forest

• all of the riches of the East

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In the poem, the phrase “ought but love from thee, give recompense” (line 8), most nearly means—

• All I’ve earned and desire from you is your love in return

• As my husband, you owe me much more than love

• I love you even if you do not return my love as you should

• We deserve more from life, but our love is enough to sustain

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In 'To My Dear and Loving Husband', what literary device is primarily used when the speaker compares her love to 'mines of gold'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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What is the main theme of Anne Bradstreet's 'To My Dear and Loving Husband'?

• The fleeting nature of life

• The enduring power of love

• The importance of wealth

• The struggle for independence

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