AnneBradstreet
Ifevertwowereone, thensurelywe.
Ifevermanwerelovedbywife, thenthee;
Ifeverwifewashappyinaman,
Comparewithme, yewomen, ifyoucan.
Iprizethylovemorethanwholeminesofgold,
OralltherichesthattheEastdothhold.
Myloveissuchthatriverscannotquench,
Norought[1] butlovefromthee, giverecompense.
ThyloveissuchIcannowayrepay,
Theheavensrewardtheemanifold[2], Ipray.
Thenwhilewelive, inlovelet’ssopersevere
Thatwhenwelivenomore, wemayliveever._______
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1) Thepoemcanbedescribedasatributeto _____.
2) Whichofthefollowingcanbestrestatethelasttwolinesofthepoem?
, we’llloveeachother.
, ourlovewilllive.
’sloveeachothersowellthatweliveonafterdeath.
’reverydetermined, we’llbeabletoloveeachotheruntilwedie.
3) InwhichsetofLinesdoesthespeakerofthepoemestablishherunitywithherhusband?
A.Lines1～4.B.Lines5and6.C.Lines7and8.D.Lines9～12.
4) InLines5～8ofthepoem, thespeakerdevelopstheideathattheloveinhermarriageis _____.
5) Thespeakerofthepoemfeelsthatherhusband’sloveforheris ________.
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Notes
: Theyweretheso-calledthreewisemenfromtheeastwhotraveledtoBethlehem, followingabrightstar, topresentgifts-gold, frankincense, , kingofArabia; Melchior, kingofPersia; andGaspar, kingofIndia.
(1862-1910): , wordplay, warmcharacterizationandclevertwistendings.
: ’sJerusalemto “provehimwithhardquestions”.Solomon’swisdomandthegreatnessofhiscourtimpressedthequeen, shegavehimrichgifts, hegaveher “allherdesire”, andshereturned, nevertobeheardfromagain.
: ThebiblicalKingSolomonwasknownforhiswisdom, .
(1892-1973): AlsoknownbyherChinesenameSaiZhenzhu, -sellingfictionbookintheU.S.in1931and1932, andwonthePulitzerPrizein1932.In1938, shebecamethefirstAmericanwomantobeawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiterature.
(1612-1672): ShewasthemostprominentofearlyEnglishpoetsandthefirstfemalewriterinEngland’.
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