Summer Assignment-All the Light We Cannot See
Borrowed from CommonLit
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ACE Paragraph: "To my Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet
In Anne Bradstreet's poem, "To my Dear and Loving Husband" she employs passionate diction, concrete imagery, and inverted syntax to commentate on Puritanical beliefs such as Predetermination, the Elect, and Original Sin. The author's rhetoric recognizes God's mandate for humanity and shares, "That when we live no more, we may live ever", (12), demonstrating her trust in the divine so that she and her husband can prosper in the afterlife. Her language also alludes to mankind's irresolute nature and describes the "recompense" (8) bestowed to her through love in return for her hardships. Bradstreet allows readers to visualize this degree of love by providing vivid explanations like, "more than whole Mines of gold/Or all the riches the East doth hold" (5&6). Most importantly, she features inverted syntax to underscore partnership in a marriage as she writes, "If two were ever one, then surely we", (1), emphasizing the cooperation one must have to become a member of God's Elect. |