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    1. Summarize the position Anne Bradstreet has come to hold as an American writer. Anne Bradstreet was the first true American poet her poems show the inner workings of a good Puritan heart. She read widely in history‚ science‚ literature and studied the works of Guillame du Bartas this gave her the power‚ control‚ and influence to have a confident poetic voice. Bradstreet’s was known to be a free thinker and some consider her an early feminist‚ with her feminist views‚ as in the poem about Queen

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    Anne Bradstreet

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    Anne Bradstreet: Poems Summary and Analysis of "The Flesh and the Spirit" Summary: The poet describes walking by the secret place on the banks of the Lacrim and overhearing a conversation between two sisters; one called "Flesh" and the other named "Spirit." Flesh asks her sister why she prefers to survive on meditation alone‚ and how quiet contemplation can be satisfying. She wonders if her sister ever dreams of anything beyond the moon and asks if she is "fancy-sick." Flesh wants to try to show

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    Anne Bradstreet Essay

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    Anne Bradstreet Essay “Upon the Burning of Our House” by Anne Bradstreet was written for no other person than herself. The poem depicts the lessons she learned from the fire that destroyed her home to ashes. The author’s purpose is to remind herself that materialistic things are not more important than her religion (God). The author’s tone can be described as gloomy at the beginning then at the end of the poem sorrowful but she understands what she should truly focus on. The

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    Anne Bradstreet - 2

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    Anne Bradstreet was the only real American poet of her time‚ and a talented writer. As such‚ her works are historically significant. She was born in England‚ but traveled at the age of 16 to the Puritan settlements in the Massachusetts Bay colonies‚ in British America (Hart 94). This is where she developed her unique writing talent; she was isolated from England‚ where traditional forms of poetry were flourishing (Magill 393). Her family‚ religion‚ and several other poets contributed significantly

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    and values. It allows every reader to actively participate as a historian when they evaluate a text. Two of Anne Bradstreet’s poems serve as perfect examples of this type of reading for history. The poems "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet‚ Who Deceased August‚ 1665‚ Being a Year and a Half Old" and "Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House July 10th‚ 1666 Copied Out of a Loose Paper" can both be used to investigate a variety of issues about life in the 1600’s. The

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    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

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    Anne Bradstreet Poetry

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    Anne Bradstreet’s Poetry Anne Bradstreet was the Danica Patrick of poetry in the mid 1600’s‚ except she went unknown. She drove into the male-dominant field of poetry. In her time it was frowned upon for women to race in such an intellectual track. Bradstreet does not let the wall between the drivers and the spectators stop her‚ she pulls right up to the starting line with them. In fact‚ she uses this barrier of sexes to fuel her ideas. Anne Bradstreet writes using many different forms of figurative

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    Anne Bradstreet Themes

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    Anne Bradstreet‚ one of the world’s most well known female Puritan writers‚ is known for her poems that are rich in detail and imagery‚ reflecting her passions and her faith. One of the most powerful and thought-provoking themes that she uses throughout her works is the comparison between life on earth and the afterlife‚ expressed by her thoughts and feelings that she so delicately laces in between the two ideas‚ tying the comparisons together. Bradstreet made it clear in her literary works that

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    Anne Bradstreet Analysis

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    The Two Anne Bradstreet’s In her poetry‚ Anne Bradstreet writes in two different forms. These forms are not the type of poetry she writes‚ but the style of her writing as an author in each of them. She either writes as ‘Mistress Anne’ or ‘True Anne.’ Mistress Anne writes as she ought‚ which is based on the ideas and restrictions of feminism at the time of her writing. True Anne writes what she feels‚ regardless of how society says she should write or talk. The progression from Mistress Anne to True

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    "If ever two were one‚ then surely we. If ever man love by wife then thee’. By Anne Bradstreet who is one of a American Authors. over a past four century Anne have received a number of accolades from literary scholars and critics. Anne Bradstreet is one of American author and not only a author but also a poet which mean she have written some poem. She has been called one of the greatest Puritans/New world‚ first female poets in America. Some people consider her as best female poet of all time

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