1.07 Scarlet Letter and Anne Bradstreet
Part 1: Short Answer
Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. 1. Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have.
She seems sad and miserable that all her children leave their nest when they grow-up. 2. Read Bradstreet's biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then, in at least two sentences, explain how these hardships might have influenced her poem "In Reference to Her Children."
One hardship is when their home was engulfed in flames. Another is the fact that Anne got ill very often. These hardships most likely influenced her writing a few times in the poem does she reference their tragedy’s and their hardships and her own illnesses. 3. Figurative language is an important element in poetry. Taking tone and style into consideration provide a simile that could be inserted in Bradstreet's poem and briefly explain your comparison.
A mother is like a hardworking bee that enjoys its work yet suffers from it. 4. Using the poem, answer the following questions. a. How many children does Bradstreet have? She had eight children b. How many are girls? 4 c. How many are boys?4 d. What did the first child do when he grew up? He left home and traveled a lot e. Where are the last three children? They lived with her until she died. 5. What comfort is Bradstreet giving to her children by saying: "In chirping languages oft them tell You had a Dame that lov'd you well, That did what could be done for young And nurst you up till you were strong"
That she dearly loved them and did all that was in her power to bring them up until they didn’t need her anymore.
Part 2: Extended Response
Choose one of the two prompts below and respond in a well-developed paragraph of 5-7 complete sentences.
Imagine the guilt Reverend Dimmesdale must have felt.
Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. 1. Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have.
She seems sad and miserable that all her children leave their nest when they grow-up. 2. Read Bradstreet's biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then, in at least two sentences, explain how these hardships might have influenced her poem "In Reference to Her Children."
One hardship is when their home was engulfed in flames. Another is the fact that Anne got ill very often. These hardships most likely influenced her writing a few times in the poem does she reference their tragedy’s and their hardships and her own illnesses. 3. Figurative language is an important element in poetry. Taking tone and style into consideration provide a simile that could be inserted in Bradstreet's poem and briefly explain your comparison.
A mother is like a hardworking bee that enjoys its work yet suffers from it. 4. Using the poem, answer the following questions. a. How many children does Bradstreet have? She had eight children b. How many are girls? 4 c. How many are boys?4 d. What did the first child do when he grew up? He left home and traveled a lot e. Where are the last three children? They lived with her until she died. 5. What comfort is Bradstreet giving to her children by saying: "In chirping languages oft them tell You had a Dame that lov'd you well, That did what could be done for young And nurst you up till you were strong"
That she dearly loved them and did all that was in her power to bring them up until they didn’t need her anymore.
Part 2: Extended Response
Choose one of the two prompts below and respond in a well-developed paragraph of 5-7 complete sentences.
Imagine the guilt Reverend Dimmesdale must have felt.