I believe that the speaker means what she says in this poem because she has the truth about love. She loves her husband so much. She thought there are no women who could love her husband like her:"Compare with me, ye women, if you can"(Line4). I agree that the goal of true love is to be one because our hearts are different. Maybe you can love two persons, but you love for them is not on the same level. The speaker uses many metaphors. She imagines her love like the rivers: "My love is such that rivers cannot quench"(Line7). She says this because the rivers do not stop. Also, anther metaphor that the speaker uses love is like something very expensive. "Thy love is such I can no way repay"(Line 9). She wants to love her husband forever even after the death. "That when we live no more, we may live ever"(Line12). The speaker loves her husband more than gold. She compares her love like gold and gold is so expensive: “I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold"(Line 5). She didn't care if her lover was poor. She did not love him because of money:"Or riches that the East doth hold"(Line6).
I like your insight on this poem. I agree with your comments that the teller of this poem is explaining her love for her husband and expressing how strong that love is. Someone who has not felt a love like this may not understand this poem as well as someone who has in my opinion but from your comments I feel you have a good grasp on it. Good job!!
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