18 February 2011 Anne Bradstreet: Thoughts towards of her husband To me‚ the poem “A letter to her husband‚ Absent upon Public Employment” is a reflection of the poet’s own self. I think that‚ it is so sweet and forlorn because she misses her husband so much. However‚ from the poem’s title I guess that‚ her husband went for public employment and she wrote a letter for taking a holiday from job. So it is a common scenario of her mind and it is reality. Hence‚ from my point of view‚ it
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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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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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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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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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The symbolic analysis of this poem is quite beautiful. It especially inspires me that this woman wrote about an extraordinary love‚ when women weren’t quite allowed to express their ideas in this time period. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan wife who wanted people to know about her incredible connection with the love of her life. While this poem is a simple love story‚ the language she uses make it much more deep. The unique rhyme scheme talks about her life with her love and symbolizing him as something
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In Taylor’s poem Huswifery and Bradstreet’s epistle To My Dear and Loving Husband both use metaphors and rhyme scheme to discuss the role of servitude of a wife. Taylor uses both metaphors and rhyme scheme to emphasize his point that just as a wife works to serve her husband‚ god will help those who desire to exalt him. Taylor throughout his poem uses the metaphor of a loom to compare himself to the spinning wheel to demand to God that Taylor be used‚ much like a man would demand his wife to do
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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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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’s poem "My Dear and Loving Husband" is one of the most romantic poems of all time. Being that Anne Bradstreet was a very early poet of the Puritan times this poem is very unconventional. The poem has a very loving air to it that carries throughout. The tone of this poem is very romantic and gives off a feeling of deep admiration. The speaker of the poem is praising her husband and speaking of only how perfect and wonderful he is. This poem‚ although set in a time period of the late
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