Anne Bradstreet Beliefs

Like most writers Anne Bradstreet wrote about what she knew or what was important to her, and what was important to her were her strong beliefs in her puritan values and concerns she had as a puritan. Bradstreet’s poetry conveys the puritan values of not attaching yourself to worldly possessions. She also writes on seeking God and doing Gods will, and her concern of the brevity of life and the certainty of death is a “traditional” concern she had as a puritan, that she expressed in her poetry. The reason why Bradstreet is able to get her message across is because of the language and composition she uses in her poetry. Anne Bradstreet’s gives great insight into the puritan values and the concerns she had as a puritan by using detailed imagery and language.
One of the many Puritan values is to not attach yourself to worldly possessions, whether it be to your house or your children, and in her poetry she expresses her strong …show more content…
“O Bubble blast, how long can’st last… No sooner blown, but dead and gone… then death’s arrest I shall count best” (Bradstreet 1-7). The reader can tell that this is a concern for Bradstreet based on the diction used in the poetry. She wonders how long she will “last” and goes on to say that “deaths arrest” is her decree. Another poem where Bradstreet expresses her concern for brevity of life and certainty of death is “Before the Birth of One of One of Her Children”. “All things within this fading world hath end … But with death’s parting blow I sure to meet” (Bradstreet1-4). In this poem she shows her concern of her death and the time to come after it. In both poems she describes to the reader both her fear and wishes of her death. Everyone is aware of the fact that they are going to dye but in both of Bradstreet’s she makes it her main