1. Love letter
Love Letter " The River Merchant's Wife" is a poem about a fourteen-year-old girl who was forced into an arranged marriage to someone she barley knew. In which she kept herself very distant from her husband for a long period of time. "At fourteen I married ... My Lord you/ I never laughed, being bashful/Lowering my head, I looked at the wall/ Called to, a thousand times, I never looked back,"(7-10). By age fifth teen she finally let go and fell in love with her husband. At sixteen her love had left to go to war and she became lonely. "At sixteen ... you departed/ you went out into far Ku-to-...
- Word Count: 250
- Approx Pages: 1
- Grade Level: High School