Rebecca Hart Professor Shaw 2/16/17 ENG 105 Essay one How does Anne Bradstreet incorporate the Puritan plain writing style in her poems? In the Puritan culture‚ there is a form of writing style called the “plain writing style”. Some Puritans use this style because they believed that it would help them to express themselves clearly according to their religious beliefs. The definition of this writing style is defined as “a type of writing in which uncomplicated sentences and ordinary words are used
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Love is the most powerful force in the world‚ even in death the power of love continues to be felt making the lover immortal. This is the idea expressed in Anne Bradstreet’s ode “To My Dear and Loving Husband”. The Love between two people is so powerful that it combines them and makes the as one. This is proven when Bradstreet states “If ever two were one … Surely we” (1)‚ This states that connection between two people is so powerful that it combines them physically‚ mentally and spiritually thus
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enough faith to “bless His grace that gave and took” (Bradstreet 14). Bradstreet’s use of euphonious diction with soft s‚ c‚ v‚ and g sounds in phrases such as “bless His grace” give a tender‚ graceful mood to the poem. Also‚ her word choice has a positive connotation and suggests unconditional praise. She says that the world holds no promises for her‚ because her “hope and treasure lies above” (54). The irony in this line is relevant because Bradstreet has just lost everything she has ever had‚ but she
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Anne Bradstreet lived in a time when devotion in a wife to her husband was a social law. This poem‚ “To My Dear and Loving Husband‚” is a loving tribute from Bradstreet to her husband. Certainly‚ in the early American‚ Puritan colonies‚ this work would have been seen as a wife’s duty as well as a lovely gesture. Today‚ however‚ it might well be seen as the babblings of a dependent wife. This was my reaction to the poem when I first read it. The attitudes of our country have changed drastically since
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John Winthrop’s “Model of Christian Charity‚” Anne Bradstreet’s The Tenth Muse‚ and Cotton Mather’s Wonders of the Invisible World connect and juxtapose world events during the 1600s. Winthrop supposedly presented his “Model of Christian Charity” sermon on the Arabella en route from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. While the Mayflower Compact was not a sermon‚ it connects to Winthrop’s sermon in two ways. First‚ both are significant to the ships they were presented on‚ the Mayflower and Arabella
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Anne Bradstreet - Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House July 10th‚ 1666 Anne Bradstreet was the first woman in America who became a writer. She received an excellent education and wrote about politics‚ history‚ medicine and theology. This poem has caught my attention. In this poem‚ Anne Bradstreet tells the readers that her house was burnt. There is only material loss and she accepts losing everything with quite calm. She justifies herself using the figure of God. Only God is
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Female Writers I believe that Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672)‚ made major contributions to early American Literature through her poetry. Her poems stressed the daily struggles and stress of Puritan life. Bradstreet had struggled with the validity of the Scriptures‚ but through her life experiences she developed a strong belief in God. Bradstreet paved the way for future female writers. She used her poetry and writing skills to break through the stereotypes and the strict moral code that was placed
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Anne Bradstreet’s poem‚ "To My Dear and Loving Husband‚" is a short poem in which she shows her undying love and tenderness toward her husband. The poem has five stanzas‚ each stanza was ryhming couplets in the entire poem which are AABBCCDD and EEFF‚ the end of each word in each line are sharing the same rhythm and tone that gives the poem an arranged ‚organized ‚and musical structure. Also. it has twelve lines‚ the beginning word of the fifth line which is “I” we can infer that the poem is written
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Husband Today is the day. It is December 20 1776. Today I’m headed off to go join the war. I’m going Delaware to meet up with General washington and his troops. They are planning to attack the British while they are celebrating Christmas. Many people have died and they needed more soldiers so I volunteered. Wife Today is the day. My husband is going off to war. He kissed me goodbye and told me that he was going to go meet up with General Washington. It has been said that the General has lost many
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Anne Bradstreet was one of the first significant female poets of her time. Although she was England-born‚ Anne and her family were one of the first puritans to migrate to America around 1630. Because Bradstreet came from a prominent family‚ she was very well educated‚ which was an uncommon attribute for a woman of her time. She was married off at a young age to Simon Bradstreet. Because of the threat of a woman being banned or shunned by her community for expressing views/ideas‚ Anne kept her poetry
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