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Open and read the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband"
Answer these questions.
1.) In one sentence, summarize the poem, "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
2.) "To My Dear and Loving Husband" can be best described as a tribute to:
a) youth
b) marriage
c) God
d) faith
Answer: B, marriage
3.) Which of the following lines best restates the last two lines of the poem?
a) As long as we live, we'll love each other.
b) As long as one of us lives, our love will live.
c) Let's love each other so well that we live on after death.
d) If we're very determined, we'll be able to love each other until we die.
Answer: C, "Let's love each other so well that we live on after death.
4.) In lines 5-8 of "To My Dear and Loving Husband," the speaker develops the idea that the love in her marriage is:
a) moral
b) dead
c) powerful
d) spiritual
Answer: C, powerful
5.) The speaker of "To My Dear and Loving Husband" feels that her husband’s love for her is:
a) far weaker than her love for him
b) slightly weaker than her love for him
c) as powerful as her love for him
d) far stronger than her love for him
Answer: C, as powerful as her love for him
6.) What is the meter of this poem?
7.) How would you describe the tone of Bradstreet's poem?
a) affectionate
b) unfriendly
c) demanding
Answer: affectionate
8.) What words suggest the affectionate tone?
9.) What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
a) aabbccddeeff
b) abcdefabccdf
c) bbccaaefefbb
d) ccaaddbdefaf
Answer: A, aabbccddeeff
10.) The theme in "To My Dear and Loving Husband" is:
a) love
b) marriage
c) wealth
d) all of the above
Answer: D, all of the above
11.) What does the repetition of the phrase "If ever" suggest?
12.) What does the following line mean? "Compare with me, ye women, if you can"
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