Anne+Bradstreet

By Night when Others Soundly Slept By night when others soundly slept And hath at once both ease and Rest, My waking eyes were open kept And so to lie I found it best. When other people are sleeping well at ease and rest she lie awake she found it best to lie awake I sought him whom my Soul did Love, With tears I sought him earnestly. He bow'd his ear down from Above. In vain I did not seek or cry. Thought about the one she loved she cried thinking about him **he is dead in heaven he mad her stronge**r inside My hungry Soul he fill'd with Good; He in his Bottle put my tears, My smarting wounds washt in his blood, And banisht thence my Doubts and fears. She felt empty without him but she could feel him inside her soul filling it with strength and good. He stopped her tears, and her fears. What to my Saviour shall I give Who freely hath done this for me? I'll serve him here whilst I shall live And Loue him to Eternity. She will love him for all eternity She's basically praying & putting her faith in God

To my Dear and Loving Husband

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. She is very happy with her husband they love each other very much 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, She loves him more **than gold she pride**s in their love Nor ought but love from thee give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay; The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. She cannot repay the love she receives from her hu**sband it is like no** other Then while we live, in love let's so persever, That when we live no more we may live ever.
 * They are the dream couple get along all the time Did you proofread? **

Summaries: The first poem is about a sad woman who misses her one true love. She lies awake at night thinking about him. She cries every night, she sometimes feels him reach down and give her strength and put goodness into her **sole** __This is on the bottom of her shoe!!__. She feels empty; she will miss him for all eternity.

The second poem is about a **women** who loves her husband. She has never felt loved like this before. She says in the poem “ Compare with me ye women if you can”. This says that the women is loved like no other women in the world. She states that you can try to compare her to another **women** but it most likely will not happen. She expresses that there is no way she can repay the love she receives from her husband. She says the love she gets from her husband is worth more than mines full of gold.

Reflection:

By reading these two poems I can see why Anne Bradstreet was an author/poet during the writing time **period of romanticism Absolutely NOT!!! .** Her poems are definitely romantic. Her poems show her love toward her spouse. The first poem talked about how she missed her lover. And the other talks about how she truly appreciates the love she receives from her husband. Her writing is very interesting; at times it was hard to understand. Especially some of the words she used like “ye”. I can tell that she was a writer from a long time ago. By dissecting the two poems it helped me better understand the poems