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Questions On Ann Bradstreet's Poem Upon The Burning Of Our House
1. Ann Bradstreet's, a poet and a wife, wrote a poem titled "Upon the Burning of Our House". In the informative poem she has to learn that God holds the power over all people and that he can take all of your Earthly belongings away from in the blink of an eye. Earthly possessions aren't what's truly important so you shoudn't devote your life praisnig them, but instead devoting your life to God, she even questions it herself when she says, "And didst thy wealth on earth abide". She later comes to the conclusion, that if you aren't devoted to God, he can easily take everything from you and that God has a special place for her and her husband. She then comes to the conclusion that she wouldn't have such of a strong bond with her husband if it weren't for God. …show more content…
God watches your every move and Edwards says, "Arrow made ready on the String, and Justice bends the Arrow at your Heart", just patiently waiting. Lastly, he mentions that, God's wrath is unstoppable and no one can do anything about it.

4. Edward Taylor, a poet, wrote a poem titled "Upon a Spider", which is about a hellish spider attempting to capture a wasps and killing flies. This may seem a bit whimsicle and childlike but really it's about Puritans who devote their lives to God, whom are represented by the flies, those who don't that are represesented as flies and the hellish spider who represents the devil. The flies are easliy captured in the spiders web, meaning that without the protection of God, they are easily maniupulated and taken to hell in the Devil's web. The spider however can only tap and bug the wasps because they have stingers on the back of them, for example he says, " whom yet thy whorl pins did not clasp". The reason why the wasps can't be touched by the spider is because they are devoted to God and therefore protected from anything even the force of the devil himself. The moral of this poem is that

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