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1 Oct 2021

TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND

              by Anne Bradstreet

1- If ever two were one, then surely we.

If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

If ever wife was happy in a man,

Compare with me, ye women, if you can.

 

5- I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,

Or all the riches that the East doth hold.

My love is such that rivers cannot quench,

Nor aught but love from thee, give recompense.

 

9- Thy love is such I can no way repay,

The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.

Then while we live, in love let's so persevere

That when we live no more, we may live ever.

 

Bradstreet uses archaic language in this poem. This is language commonly used in her time but rarely used by writers today.

Which of the following are examples of archaic language?

A. "Then surely we"; "nor aught but love"; "the heavens reward";

B. "If ever wife"; "Or all the riches"; let's so persevere"; "give recompense"

C. "Thy love"; "than thee"; "ye women"; "East doth hold";

D. "if ever two"; "If ever man"; "If ever wife"; "I pray"