Journal #18
Posted By: Melissa Veum
Engl 48A
11-19-09
"/Then while we live, in love let's so persevere/ That when we live no more, we may live ever./ (Bradstreet, 206)."
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome (Bradstreet, quotationspage.com)."
Bradstreet has a very sure and confident way in which she writes her poetry. Even though she may not be confident about what she's writing, she comes across as confident and it is refreshing to see a woman writer of this time period be so smart and poetic with flow to her words. I love her word choice of perseverance in this poem about her husband and love. She wants to persevere in love while she is alive and despite anything that might get in their way, they are going to be in love and continue loving so that they can love even after they are gone from this earth. It is very nice to hear that she wants to focus on love and live through love.
Bradstreet refers to her husband as a gift and someone who she herself cannot pay back for all the love she has received except by her own love. She sees her love life as being quite content and overwhelmingly loving. She even wants their love to travel with them when they die, I think she believes the two of them will be together someday in heaven still loving each other more than they ever did on earth. She wants to live in the ever, forever.
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