Compare And Contrast To My Dear And Loving Husband
It had been many years since Joel had passed away, and since then Anne has gained the reputation of a poet. I was invited to Anne's house and she offered to share some pieces with me. When I arrived at her house Anne was sitting down at a wooden dinner table writing on some papers."Bethia, please sit down with me.", she said as she looked up from her work. "I am going to finish cooking us a dinner, you can get started on these poems." Anne said as she handed me 3 poems. The first one I read was called, "The Author to Her Book". The title immediately caught my eye and I spent a minute or so trying to decipher the meaning of it. I settled on two ideas, it either meant that the "Author" was God leading her life, or it could have been that the "Author" was herself. I assumed that "Her Book" meant her own life. I decided to make a conjecture after reading the poem
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This one was different because the narrator of the poem was focusing less on independence, and more on the love between two people. The line "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold," makes it clear that she obviously doesn't care about riches and that love is more important. She asks for nothing but love from her husband and she prays that they will be rewarded in heaven. In the last 2 lines of the poem she urges herself and her husband to persevere in their marriage until the end of their lives. Shortly after reading the last poem Anne had completed dinner. "Did you write this poem with Joel in mind?" I asked cautiously. When she returned with the food I could notice a tear rolling down her cheek, even though she was still smiling. "Sometimes, things are better left unsaid", Anne said with a distant look on her face. She wiped off the tear with he apron and I saw a look of happiness and consolation in her face. We ate dinner in silence that
This one was different because the narrator of the poem was focusing less on independence, and more on the love between two people. The line "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold," makes it clear that she obviously doesn't care about riches and that love is more important. She asks for nothing but love from her husband and she prays that they will be rewarded in heaven. In the last 2 lines of the poem she urges herself and her husband to persevere in their marriage until the end of their lives. Shortly after reading the last poem Anne had completed dinner. "Did you write this poem with Joel in mind?" I asked cautiously. When she returned with the food I could notice a tear rolling down her cheek, even though she was still smiling. "Sometimes, things are better left unsaid", Anne said with a distant look on her face. She wiped off the tear with he apron and I saw a look of happiness and consolation in her face. We ate dinner in silence that