Puritanism is more concerned with spirituality and the afterlife more than one’s mortal life. Anne Bradstreet explains the embodiment of a devoted, loving and good Puritan wife in the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband". The perspective that is espoused in the poem is a woman who is a “good” Puritan because the speaker discusses the spirituality of love, the spiritual link before death, and the rewards of the afterlife.
Bradstreet begins “If ever two were one, then surely we.” (1) Explains the power of their love through spirituality. By perceiving that they are not two people but one can mean a high degree of affection. Bradstreet shows complete and utter devotion and love to her husband. Bradstreet demonstrates the Puritans most important …show more content…
She views herself as a perfect helper for him and dares to be compared to other women.
Bradstreet thoroughly explains the Puritan spiritual link before death in the second stanza. She describes that she would not trade him for any measure of materialistic items. She, as a Puritan, believes when both husband and wife die all material possessions will have no importance. That state of thinking leads their beliefs to not care about riches, only the people close to them. Mainly because the root concept of marriage is based on love, and not a sacrament.
In the last stanza Bradstreet says “Then while we live, in love lets so persevere/ That when we live no more, we may live ever.” (11-12) This justifies how the Puritans are not only wanting signs of acceptance from God but from their significant other as well for the afterlife. Bradstreet illustrates her heaven simply. In that her and her husband will be together for eternity. The Puritans believe that the afterlife links important people in one’s life as many other religions do. Bradstreet reflects this belief as well as the belief of
Bradstreet begins “If ever two were one, then surely we.” (1) Explains the power of their love through spirituality. By perceiving that they are not two people but one can mean a high degree of affection. Bradstreet shows complete and utter devotion and love to her husband. Bradstreet demonstrates the Puritans most important …show more content…
She views herself as a perfect helper for him and dares to be compared to other women.
Bradstreet thoroughly explains the Puritan spiritual link before death in the second stanza. She describes that she would not trade him for any measure of materialistic items. She, as a Puritan, believes when both husband and wife die all material possessions will have no importance. That state of thinking leads their beliefs to not care about riches, only the people close to them. Mainly because the root concept of marriage is based on love, and not a sacrament.
In the last stanza Bradstreet says “Then while we live, in love lets so persevere/ That when we live no more, we may live ever.” (11-12) This justifies how the Puritans are not only wanting signs of acceptance from God but from their significant other as well for the afterlife. Bradstreet illustrates her heaven simply. In that her and her husband will be together for eternity. The Puritans believe that the afterlife links important people in one’s life as many other religions do. Bradstreet reflects this belief as well as the belief of