20. POETRY WITH A UNIVERSAL THEME

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradhyp.htm

READ THE POEM IN THE ABOVE LINK.

"To My Dear and Loving Husband"

by Anne Bradstreet

Webtext prepared by Ann Woodlief

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.
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 ought but love from thee, give recompense.
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.

Write a poem.
Imitate Anne Bradstreet's style of using personal experiences with a universal theme.

Make sure a written one is in your Daily Learning Log.

Make note of meter and rhyme.
When you click on the site above... and on the highlighted text... you will get some clues.