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Explain the structure and language of the two love poems”To my dear and loving husband” and “A letter to her husband”

and how the lyrical language allowed the poet to describe
their sexuality a in a way that was never
discussed in their culture. Your answer should be at least 100 words.

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"To My Dear and Loving Husband" is a poem by the Colonial American poet Anne Bradstreet. The poem was first published in 1678, as part of Bradstreet's posthumous collection Several Poems. Bradstreet was the first poet—and the first woman—in colonial America to write and publish a book of poems. The poem is autobiographical and describes the passionate love between the speaker and her husband. The speaker describes that love as pure and redemptive. The poem thus implicitly argues against some religious poets who describe love as a sinful or unholy act.

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