To my Dear and Loving Husband

This poem is interesting but overall very unrealistic to me. Although it does not state the length of time that the two that the poem is about have been together it seems impossible that this is not an exaggerated telling of the way that she feels. It seems as though to me that true love is more calm and peaceful in its knowledge of itself and it does not have the need to boast of itself or to give any repayment to the other. The poem repeatedly talks about the love that the author has and does not really talk about the love that the two of them share with one another which is contradictory to the first line of the poem which states that the two of them are actually one. I also feel that if the author is not exaggerating then there is still a problem only for that eventually that kind of passion and emotion has to change over time and that if it does then either one or both sides of the relationship will be disappointed about what it changes into and may feel resentful. It is very difficult to base a true relationship and partnership for life on what the author talks about. None of the poem is about a life together or any sort of reality of marriage and the life you must go through together. It says that they must persevere together but it makes me wonder if the author really has an idea of the things they will have to persevere together through. Not just the big events in life such as actually raising children and such but the everyday problems of money, home, family, work, changes in selves and boredom and time in general. It seems as though the author is trying to live in this idealized world where nothing is going to be different or change from that specific moment in time. To me true love is the kind that starts out as a slow gentle love, not a passionate one, and grows and changes over time and it becomes more beautiful and interesting over time because of those constant changes is always interesting to those that can see it and cant wait for it to change and evolve into the next phase, it is not stagnant and still. Many of the most beautifult things in the world are things that change and move over time and through the earth.