puritan vs contemporary
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Honors English 11
14 October 2013
Time Can't Change Everything Although culture may change over the years, the writing of those cultures do not. Puritan Anne Bradstreet 's writing is not different than contemporary music artist Jason Mraz's music. In "To My Dear and Loving Husband," Bradstreet describes the gratitude she has for her husband's love, and in Jason Mraz's song "I Won't Give Up," there is an ample amount of love still in the crumbling relationship. Even though there is a major time lapse between the composition of these lyrics, both portray the love that can be given in relationship, both use imagery, and both use metaphors. The love shown by Anne Bradstreet in "To My Dear and Loving Husband" matches that of Jason Mraz in "I Won't Give Up." In Bradstreet's poem she says, "If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee" (Bradstreet 2). In this statement, Bradstreet says she truly loves her husband. Just as Bradstreet describes her love for her husband in her poem, Jason does the same in his song: "I won't give up on us / even if the skies get rough / I'm giving you all my love / I'm still looking up" (Mraz 9-12). Mraz will never give up on the relationship and he will give his partner all of his love. He does not literally mean that he will continue to look up into the sky until his relationship gets better. Mraz means that he will never give up hope when their relationship hits a rough patch. In doing this he matches what Bradstreet says in her poem about always loving her husband. Love does not change through time, love is the same in every century. Imagery is the use of descriptive language in order to paint a picture in the mind of the reader. If Anne Bradstreet reads a sentence describing a tree and Jason Mraz reads the same sentence 200 years later they both have the same picture in their mind. In "To My Dear and Loving Husband," Anne Bradstreet puts a picture in the mind of the reader of tremendous amounts of gold
Teacher
Honors English 11
14 October 2013
Time Can't Change Everything Although culture may change over the years, the writing of those cultures do not. Puritan Anne Bradstreet 's writing is not different than contemporary music artist Jason Mraz's music. In "To My Dear and Loving Husband," Bradstreet describes the gratitude she has for her husband's love, and in Jason Mraz's song "I Won't Give Up," there is an ample amount of love still in the crumbling relationship. Even though there is a major time lapse between the composition of these lyrics, both portray the love that can be given in relationship, both use imagery, and both use metaphors. The love shown by Anne Bradstreet in "To My Dear and Loving Husband" matches that of Jason Mraz in "I Won't Give Up." In Bradstreet's poem she says, "If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee" (Bradstreet 2). In this statement, Bradstreet says she truly loves her husband. Just as Bradstreet describes her love for her husband in her poem, Jason does the same in his song: "I won't give up on us / even if the skies get rough / I'm giving you all my love / I'm still looking up" (Mraz 9-12). Mraz will never give up on the relationship and he will give his partner all of his love. He does not literally mean that he will continue to look up into the sky until his relationship gets better. Mraz means that he will never give up hope when their relationship hits a rough patch. In doing this he matches what Bradstreet says in her poem about always loving her husband. Love does not change through time, love is the same in every century. Imagery is the use of descriptive language in order to paint a picture in the mind of the reader. If Anne Bradstreet reads a sentence describing a tree and Jason Mraz reads the same sentence 200 years later they both have the same picture in their mind. In "To My Dear and Loving Husband," Anne Bradstreet puts a picture in the mind of the reader of tremendous amounts of gold