The poem, To My Dear and Loving Husband is one of the many literary pieces Anne Bradstreet has written. This poem can be related to a lot of things in today's culture such as: films, songs, quotes, sitcoms, and other poems. An example of a film that is related to the poem is Titanic. This romantic film is similar to Bradstreet's poem because, just like in the movie Rose preferred to have love over riches and wealth. "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/plotsummary" In the poem Bradstreet says, "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold or all the riches that the East doth hold." (Line 5 & 6 p. 206) A song that can be associated with the text is Beyonce's song 1+1. This song coincides with the poem, because just like Anne Bradstreet Beyonce is expressing her undying affliction for her husband as well. The only difference is that she is expressing it through song, while Anne Bradstreet is being poetic.
A certain quote that many people use today in our society that can relate to the poem is "Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own" H. Jackson Browne. "http://quotations.about.com/od/lovequotes/a/lovequotes19.htm" This quote relates to the poem on (Line 3 & 4 p. 206) when she says, "If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can." There are also many different sitcoms that you can compare to To My Dear and Loving Husband. A poem that reminds me of Bradstreet's poem is, Maya Angelou's poem In and Out of Time. I feel that these two poems are similar because both poets prayed to the heavens hoping that their relationships/circumstances would be all right. For instance, Bradstreet's quote was, "The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. (Line 10 p.206) and in Maya Angelou's poem she said, "I screamed to the heavens... Loudly screamed... Trying to change our nightmares into dreams." http://hightimes.onsugar.com/Out-Time-Maya-Angelou-3432946
In the end, there are many different ways that our culture of today can relate to Anne Bradstreet's poems. A visual aid to the poem To My Dear and Loving Husband can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbQRMbJmx5g
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