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    Well Hidden Mind of Anne Bradstreet During the early 1600’s Puritanism ran strong throughout early North America. Anne Bradstreet‚ the educated and well-to-do daughter of Thomas Dudley‚ arrived in America during the 1630’s. Anne Bradstreet being a firm Puritan believer‚ abided by the ideas that women were man’s subordinate‚ their help-mates‚ thus leaving women to be submissive. This led women’s ambitions and want for self-fulfillment to be negated by religion. Bradstreet reflected her beliefs

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    In "Anne‚" begin with The Author to Her Book‚ which evidently was written as the epigraph to the second edition of her collection of poems. What of her personality as a woman comes through in the poem? In “The Author to Her Book” It is immediate that the reader knows that a woman and a mother wrote this piece. “Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain‚ Who after birth did’st by my side remain…” This sentence sets the stage for everything that would come next about her from staying by her

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    to Anna Bradstreet on that July night in 1666. She stood and watched her whole life disappear into ashes. Like most people she could not understand why this has happened to her‚ yet in the same instant she praises God for reminding her that the Lord gives and takes without prejudice. Anna Bradstreet is like any person who believes in God‚ one moment being reminded of His love and the next wondering if your faith is for naught. In the poem “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House‚ July

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    Anne Bradstreet

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    Anne Bradstreet: The spokeswoman of her time Aaliyah Cooper Anne Bradstreet: The Spokeswoman of Her Time Anne Bradstreet was a poet who wrote about subjects that shows people what it was like to be a woman with a family during the 1600s. She wrote about what is like to be a wife‚ a mother‚ a grandmother and losing loved ones. She captured her audience’s attention by utilizing literary elements such as imagery and metaphors. With her use of literary elements and relatable topics‚ Anne Bradstreet

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    6:19-21). Anne Bradstreet’s bases her poem upon this notion manifested as an extended metaphor. Along with the poem‚ the speaker’s tone is quite radical‚ ranging from calm (Line 1)‚ helpless (Line 10)‚ selfless (Line 16)‚ and nostalgic (Lines 21-34); consequently‚ contradicting the entire nature of the poem. Perhaps‚ the speaker is trying to express an idea of complete devotion to God and detachment of material possessions‚ whilst her own lines give out the nature of flawed human beings. Anne Bradstreet

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    and philosopher. He attended in Yale college and later became a pastor at Northampton‚ Massachusetts in 1724. His outstanding preaching there led to the ’Great Awakening’ in 1734–5. Another famous person at that time was an English woman named Anne Bradstreet. She was the first woman to publish her poetry. She wrote two edition

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    require at least one paragraph to answer the question. Paragraphs will be well developed and grammatically correct. Read each question very carefully and answer them completely. 1. What does the speaker learn from the fire in the poem “Upon the Burning of Our House”? Use three details from the poem and explain response with textual support. (1 paragraph) The speaker learns that nothing really belongs to them that it all get claimed by god eventually even if they think it’s theirs for the time

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    portrays their religious values and beliefs; their life values. The Crucible‚ “Upon the Burning of Our Home”‚ and “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ are written by well known Puritans. The Puritans specifically believe that church and state should be separate‚ because they believed that they didn’t need a middleman to God and they could speak to Him themselves. “Upon the Burning of Our Home” is a poem about Anne Bradstreet waking up to her house being on fire. During this fire her attitude changes

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    This stanza is from the poem "Upon the burning of Our House" by Puritan woman and poet‚ Anne Bradstreet. In this poem‚ Bradstreet uses plain style and inversions to convey her relationship with God.Bradstreet finds the burning of her house justified and even says "Yea so it was‚ and so ’twas just‚" meaning the fire in her house was fine since‚ according to Puritan beliefs‚ God decides everything that happens Earth so it must have happened for a fair reason. Bradstreet believes that God owns everything

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    Anne Bradstreet

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    Both "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild" by Anne Bradstreet and "Meditaion 8" by Philip Pain express two contrasting point of views in relation to death. Bradstreet’s diction and use of literary elements‚ such as metaphors and alliteration‚ are skillfully arranged throughout the poem which aid in making the theme of dying seem inevitable. Pain uses two different tones to create a turning point in his thoughts about halfway through his poem which gives the reader a better idea of his stages of feelings

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