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.

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

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.

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

The speaker's primary audience is --

• God

• her husband

• other married women

• jealous lovers

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

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

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

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

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