1. The first poem‚ "Upon the Burning of Our House" is written by Anne Bradstreet. She explains how God has the right to take away any of her belongings such as her house. The quote "It was his own:it was not mine;" emphasizes the fact that God owns everything a human posseses and that she owes everything to God. Later in the poem she describes how a better life exists in heaven for her made by the mighty Architect. 3. This quote is from Johnathon Edwards’s sermon "from Sinners in the Hands of an
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“Upon the burning of our house‚ July 10th‚ 1666”‚ a poem by Anne Bradstreet. This poem describes her reaction of waking up‚ running around the house‚ and a fearful sound of “Fire!” and “Fire!”‚ because her house was broken down. She struggles a lot with her materialism. But after all‚ she wasn’t discouraged and she didn’t lose hope even in the helpless situation because‚ Christ is the one who said “Fear not for I am with thee”. She woke up by hearing the sound of loud noises‚ and screaming on fire
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Anne Bradstreet was a woman of the Puritan period (1612-1672) where‚ women were expected to do the household chores and take care of the children. She wanted to express her feelings‚ thoughts‚ concern‚ and emotions of her life by writing in the form of poems. Her poems consisted of settlement‚ family‚ home life‚ surroundings‚ nature‚ role of women and religious belief. She believed that anything that caused pain to her was by Gods will. Her poems talk about the people close to her life. Anne Bradstreet’s
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Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet LITERARY FOCUS: THE PLAIN STYLE The Puritans favored “plainness” in all things: in dress‚ in the architecture and design of their churches‚ in their forms of worship‚ and in language. Unlike the ornate “high style” popular in England at the time‚ the Puritan plain style used simple sentences and common words from everyday speech. The plain style contained few or no classical allusions‚ Latin quotations‚ or elaborate figures of speech. The plain
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Anne Bradstreet’s "Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House" is a perfect example of Puritan writing. Her faith and values are made apparent within the first ten lines of the poem. The poem is entirely about Anne’s thoughts as she watches her house burn. She makes the readers feel as though they are witnessing their own possessions and houses catch fire. Anne rhymes every couple of lines. This affects the way the poem flows and it allows the reader to process the two rhyming lines together
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• 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
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discussion‚ I will be analyzing the poem Anne Bradstreet’s‚ “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House‚ July 10th‚ 1666.” Anne Bradstreet was the first woman to publish a book of poetry in the British colonies. Anne Bradstreet goes to sleep one night and wakes up in the middle of the night saying fire. The sound that woke her up was the thud ring noise which was the sound of her house burning down. Anne Bradstreet leaves her house and watches outside her house and all of her possessions turn
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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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Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet in the 1600’s. She was married at 16 to a loving husband and the father of her eight children. Bradstreet became famous unknowingly when her poem book "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America... By a Gentlewoman in Those parts" was published in England. In this book‚ Bradstreet wrote a poem called "Upon the Burning of Our House". This poem reflects on her values of afterlife. Bradstreet believes there is a God who created the heavens and the Earth. The author
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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 being
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