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To My Dear and Loving Husband
Episode 2 of 6
The story behind one of the most tender and enduring of love poems, written by a migrant to the New World who is now revered as America's first woman poet - Anne Bradstreet.
Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of some well-loved poems.
Anne Bradstreet's poem has been anthologised in nearly every collection of love poetry published. How did a near-invalid woman, who had to endure not only the privations of migrating to the New World but also the strict Puritan ethic established there, manage to write something so warm and personal that it still speaks to us today?
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