Do you think the speaker loves her husband as much as she says does?

The question asks for an opinion, meaning there is no right or wrong answer, but such an opinion must be backed with a plausible and supportable argument. I will argue that the speaker does love her husband as much as she says.

Some might argue that in the second stanza of the poem, the speaker uses hyperbole or exaggeration to describe the love she feels for her husband:

I prize my love more than whole...

The question asks for an opinion, meaning there is no right or wrong answer, but such an opinion must be backed with a plausible and supportable argument. I will argue that the speaker does love her husband as much as she says.

Some might argue that in the second stanza of the poem, the speaker uses hyperbole or exaggeration to describe the love she feels for her husband:

I prize my love more than whole mines of gold,

Or all the riches that the East doth hold....

She also says that rivers "cannot quench" her love.

To say that you love your husband more than mines of gold or vast riches or that drinking rivers of water couldn't satisfy your thirst for him is to say you love him very, very much—but is this really implausible? Many of us have loved ones we value more than material wealth. What's more, romantic love is often defined by excess. When we are deeply in love, it does feel bigger and richer than almost anything we can compare it to.

The rest of the poem has a direct and simple sincerity that is convincing; it shows that though deep, the love is also mature. The speaker uses plain words, saying, for instance,

If ever man were loved by wife, then thee. [By thee she means "you," with an implied "are."]

And near the end of the poem, she states:

Thy love is such I can no way repay....

This is the plain language of a woman who has been through a great deal with her husband. We know the poet, Bradstreet, did indeed experience hardships alongside her husband, as she immigrated to America with him and survived with him in harsh conditions. After a bout with smallpox in her youth, Bradstreet was prone to infection and illness. It is completely plausible that Bradstreet, having been through what she suffered, would feel a great outpouring of love and gratitude toward her husband for standing by her. Therefore, I believe she calls it the way she sees it and does love her husband as much she says.