Upon The Burning Of Our House

• Anne was very domestic. She married at the age of 16 and later had 8 children.
• Anne never intended on having her writing published, her brother-in-law took her writings and had them published.
• She was the first woman to be published. Her book was also the American book of poems to be published.
• After migrating to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, her husband became the governor.
• Two poets that have influenced her writing are, Edmund Spenser and Philip Sidney.
• If you look to the right you can see a picture of her first book which was published in 1650.
• Even though she was doing many chores and raising eight children, she filled any free time she had with writing.
• Due to the way her father raised her, she had an advanced education for her time.
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• She had a personal library containing over 800 hundred books but due to a fire, all her books and belonging turned into ashes. In order to pay homage to her library she wrote, Upon the Burning of Our House.
• Anne’s audience ranges since it was never intended to be published.
• She was known for writing to her husband, her poem, To My Dear and Loving Husband, and, A Letter to Her Husband, Absent Upon Publick Employment, was dedicated to him.
• Her poem, Upon the Burning of Our House, was intended for her family to remember their grand library.
• A good majority of her works were poetry.
• She wrote very few proses, but one of her more popular ones is titled,