Question

\to my dear and loving husband,\ what is the effect of the repetition of the following line? \then when we live no more, we may live ever.\ options: it emphasizes that she hopes they will be together in both life and death. it intensifies the speaker’s frustration with their marriage. it reinforces that love ultimately ends in sadness and death. it emphasizes the puritan belief the married couples stay together even after death.

Explanation:

In "To My Dear and Loving Husband", the line "Then when we live no more, we may live ever" repetition. The first option: The line shows the speaker's hope to be with her husband in life and after death (when "live no more"), so repetition emphasizes this. The second option is wrong as the poem shows love, not frustration. Third is wrong as the poem's tone is positive about love, not sadness. Fourth: The poem's focus is the speaker's personal hope, not mainly to emphasize Puritan belief (though related, the first option is more about her personal hope of togetherness in life and death). So the correct option is the first one.

Answer:

A. It emphasizes that she hopes they will be together in both life and death.