A Thematic Analysis Of Bradstreet's The Awakening

When Bradstreet loses herself she sees her house goes up in flames and she says her heart starts to cry. That is really the first time that she feels sad in the poem and feels god's presence with her. Then you can tell that god is present because she is not worried that much at all. She knows that god is with her and that he has a better home built for her up above in Heaven. So she sees everything as being okay and not anything to be really that wrong if she leave the fate of her burnt house with god. Then in lines 14-20 she states that “ I Blest his name that gave and took that laid my goods now in the dust.” (Bradstreet, 29) So this is why she didn’t really know why this was happening to her because she did what all she was supposed to by praying and being a good christian women. That is why she didn’t understand why a tragedy like this would strike her. She said that her heart was crying because her house was burnt down and she didn’t really know why. So she was having a really hard time coping with this until she finally realized that it was okay. She began to realize that she would be perfectly fine and that there would be nothing to worry about. Then she really sees god being in her presence.
She also says that there is no price worthy of this home because it is the home that god has made and any house made by god is a great home that no one can build a better one because god made it. Then at this point you can tell that she is really not worry about what happens because she has god in her