The River Merchan'ts Wife

I believe that this poem is a letter because of the way the wife is speaking. It's almost like she's reminiscing but not quiet. It's more of looking back over the good times and it seems that she is remembering how her husband changed her over the years, helping her break out of her shell, and how much she loved him for it. She talks of how she never laughed and being shy and how her husband changed that. When they where married she stopped scowling and she became more attached to him then ever because he changed her. I think her husband changed her at a emotional level, helping build up her confidence and making her happier then she has ever been. When someone does that to you it's hard and sometimes impossible to let go and you want to be as close as you can with that person. I think that's what his wife is trying to say in this letter, to get her gratitude and her feelings across and have them be understood.