Anne Bradstreet

Prologue”, Bradstreet adopts an empirical approach that lacks the crass rhetoric evident in the words of her male counterparts. A majority of Puritan authors in the 1600s choose to incorporate scripture and relate back their experiences to God in their writings. Additionally, the Puritan mentality almost demands that writers incorporate praise for God, demonstrate that all actions are in the pursuit of salvation, and to do it all with a certain amount of gusto and fervor. However, Bradstreet preferred

Religious Faith and Doubt in American Literature Anne Bradstreet – “Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House” (1666) Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “Here Follow Some Verse upon the Burning of our House”, is a retelling of the author’s personal experience of when her house burned down. In this poem, Bradstreet conveys to her readers that bonds with earthly possessions are a distraction from faith. It is clear that from the narrator’s perspective, religious faith should be the center of one’s

Anne Bradstreet is very fond of her material possessions and her home. The pain, that she suffered, is evident throughout the poem. Her life, for some time, had revolved around her domestic possessions. To her these items represented her family, life, love, memories (past, present, and future), and possible female inheritance. Bradstreet is deeply hurt by the loss of her material goods and possible questions why God let such a thing happen. She had deeply invested herself, as well as her worth, within

Anne Bradstreet is not necessarily in love with her husband, but with the concept of a fairy-tale love story. Regardless of how nurturing and loving Bradstreet’s relationship with Simon may have been, the flawless picture she paints of their love is unusual for the time and place. The poem Before the Birth of One of Her Children, we see direct orders to her husband being given from the grave. Her commanding tone displays the dominance she plays in the relationship. In the work My Dear and Loving

the occasional question of God's existence. However it is unlikely that many Puritans were plagued by God's existence to the extent Bradstreet was. What was most unusual in Bradstreet's writings was her awareness of Puritanism instituting women as second class citizens. Puritan women probably accepted the role of dutiful wife and mother as God's will, but Bradstreet seems to be more aware of the disadvantages that come with being a woman. What surprised me was in Bradstreet's “Prologue”, she writes

Upon the Burning of Our House, written by Anne Bradstreet, describes a rather sad event in which her lovely house is burnt to the ground. In her efforts to relay her emotions she utilizes a variety of literary devices such as vivid imagery, assonance and biblical allusions. The poem gives description of how she felt during the very event, how she feels as she passes the ruins of her once erect household and how she came to the realization that she would get through the experience with God by her

During the life of Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672), the accepted lifestyle for the Puritans in the new American colonies was one of constant reverence for God and righteous living. Bradstreet, however, was not one to blindly follow the paths of others. She felt the need to question motives, morals, and even the existence of God. In her poem, “Contemplations,” we are able to see Bradstreet’s desire to understand the place of man among all of God’s other creations in this world. Bradstreet was one of the first

burns and crumbles to ashes. This is what Anne Bradstreet woke up too as she explained in “Upon the Burning of the House” on July 10th, 1666, as she stood and watched her house glow in a blaze of flames. Anne has many concerns as her house has burned down, but she looks on the brighter side, the Puritan side, and she knows that God has made her a house in heaven and that everything happens for a reason and God has better things waiting for her than Anne had before the fire. She starts to show her

Mary Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet are two women with different stories and one similar faith. Their similar faith in God and passion for writing allowed the two women to survive the contrast of hardships each woman had to endure. Furthermore, in this essay, I will compare and contrast the lives and faith of Rowlandson and Bradstreet. In the story “Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson” written by Mary Rowlandson herself, we read that she is taken captive by a group

Even though Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson may have used different writing techniques in comparison to the male authors and in comparison to each other, they were still advocates of Puritan society, culture, and religion. They both focused their writings on their struggles in life while integrating the themes of God’s punishment, God’s will, and God’s grace to the occurrences. Anne Bradstreet appears to have used poetry as a technique for relief and comfort as she has written about almost every