BRADSTREET RESPONSE
Anne Bradstreet was known for writing poems about her husband. But in one of her poems, "The Author to Her Book" talks about her childhood and how poor she was growing up. She speaks about how poor her mother was when she stated, "And for thy mother, she alas is poor." She also speaks about how her clothes were very inexpensive and most of the time were homespun by her mother. She appeals to her audience by showing them that she's just like a regular person. She like most people, didn't come from money and has no problem saying it.
Bradstreet knew that she was poor and said how she felt about it. She wasn't very upset nor happy about it, she seemed very content with her situation. At the end of the poem she said her mother sent somebody out the door. It's unclear of who left, but maybe it was Anne because her mother was too poor to take care of her as well as herself. It wasn't stated specifically but that's what I got from it.
In Bradstreet's poem, "To My Dear and Loving Husband," she speaks about her relationship with her husband. Clearly, she is deeply in love with him and can't see herself happy with anyone else. She says, "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold." Bradstreet is expressing how she finds her husband's love more valuable than anything. She appeals mostly to women. But not just women in general, married women because they more than likely understand more than a single woman would. Bradstreet also expresses how their not two separate people anymore, they have become one.