America poet

Subject and Section Professor’s Name Date Immortal and Invaluable: The Transcendence of Love in Anne Bradstreet’s Work Written during the Puritan epoch, which was characterized by rather conservative values in expressing personal emotions, Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” poem was deemed an utterly straightforward, passionate, and less conservative declaration of love. The poem's thesis is clear—Bradstreet offers a realistic and sincere idea of a love which, surpassing the standards of the emotional restraint of her epoch, is impossible to repay. This approach not only distinguishes her love as profound but also anchors it in a tangible, almost measurable reverence that is rare for her time, making her expressions of love grand and grounded. Bradstreet effectively synthesizes the power of love, reiterating it as the strongest of human emotions. Her rationale is that if she and her husband are spirits, their love brings them to an even more ethereal level, giving them a god-like quality or a s...