Anne Bradstreet Thoughts Towards of Her Husband - 1318 Words

Khadija 1 Raisa Khadija MD. Mohibul Hasan ENG 201 18 February 2011 Anne Bradstreet: Thoughts towards of her husband To me, the poem â€Å"A letter to her husband, Absent upon Public Employment† is a reflection of the poet’s own self. I think that, it is so sweet and forlorn because she misses her husband so much. However, from the poem’s title I guess that, her husband went for public employment and she wrote a letter for taking a holiday from job. So it is a common scenario of her mind and it is reality. Hence, from my point of view, it is only and main theme of this poem that she misses her husband like the same way other women might miss their husbands, since i notice this everywhere from starting to end. â€Å"My head, my†¦show more content†¦(Jervey 354). Khadija 3 â€Å"Return, return, sweet Sol, from Capricorn,† Here she again uses â€Å"sweet sol† metaphor by addressing her husband. â€Å"Capricorn,† is the tenth sign of the zodiac, which rises in winter. So, the astrological sign Capricorn actually rises in winter and it is her present situation. On the other hand, she continues to address her sun metaphor into the future. When he will return, the season will be summer that is why she told about â€Å"Cancer†. Here, â€Å"Cancer† means the fourth sign of the zodiac, which rises in summer. So, it is another sign of astronomical and by these she wants: â€Å"I wish my Sun may never set, but burn/ Within the Cancer of my glowing breast,†. Actually, she finds the short winter days from returning â€Å"sweet sol† but it is ironically long and tedious. In â€Å"True living pictures of their fathers face† why she talks about fathers face instead of her? I believe that its only reason is she m isses her husband a lot that is why she sees his picture inside of children. That is why, it is a tactile image which appeals to the sense of touch. 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