Puritan Poetry: Huswifery and To My Dear and Loving Husband

What is the significance of the poem's title, "To My Dear and Loving Husband"?

• It shows the speaker's affection towards her husband

• It highlights the traditional gender roles in marriage

• It reflects the societal expectations of love and marriage

• It emphasizes the speaker's devotion and commitment to her husband

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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 values the beauty of having various possessions.

• It states how much the speaker treasures her husband.

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

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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 highlight how different she is from other women

• To exaggerate her love for her husband

• To defend her rights as a mother

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.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which are two reasons the author uses rhyming couplets throughout the poem?

• To clarify the relationship of the author and her husband

• To create a musical quality in the selection

• To convey the setting of the selection

• To echo the pairing of the author and her husband

• To persuade people to imagine the importance of their marriages

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The speaker's primary audience is --

• God

• her husband

• other married women

• jealous lovers

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up In America?

• A book of poems by Anne Bradstreet

• A Romantic Comedy by William Shakespeare

• A historical account by William Bradford

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Who is Anne Bradstreet

• A Puritan poet

• A Pilgrim Historian

• An Native American Lore

• First American Poet

Which are examples of Puritan Plain Style?

• Familiar objects/experiences

• Short words 

• Direct statement 

• High emotions