Bradstreet vs Edwards
“Anne Bradstreet was essentially the first notable American poet, man or woman” (“Meet the Authors: Anne…” 114). Jonathan Edwards was another great American poet, and they are both alike and different in many ways. Anne Bradstreet wrote “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and Upon the Burning of Our House.” Jonathan Edwards wrote “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Bradstreet and Edwards are both talented Puritan poets who wrote about their views on God, amongst other things. Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards have different writing styles, personalities, as well as different religious views.
Bradstreet and Edwards’ styles are well shown through their writings. Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards both write with different …show more content…
What they write can really tell you what they are like. By reading poems from both poets, it is very easy to tell their are very different. By taking what Bradstreet and Edwards say in their poems, you can determine their personalities because of different things such as their tone, and what the lines of the poems are saying themselves. Both have very different, but unique personalities. Bradstreet's writings show that she is a spiritual and compassionate wife. “If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife then surely thee” (Bradstreet “To My Dear…” 116). Edwards is a very persuasive and intense writer who is very descriptive. He is very straightforward and wants to get the point across. “...You are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours” (Edwards 127). Neither Anne Bradstreet nor Jonathan Edwards have negative personalities, but they are very different. They both have very different perspectives on the world, which can partially determine one’s personality. The words and feelings used throughout the poems make us able to clearly see their different …show more content…
Anne Bradstreet’s poems show the faith she has for God, as she mentions it in various ways in her poems that whatever happens is God’s doing, it will be okay. Anne Bradstreet’s poems show the faith she has for God, as she mentions it in various ways in her poems that whatever happens is God’s doing, it will be okay. She sees the positive side in things, even when they go south. “I blest His name that gave and took” (Bradstreet “Upon the Burning…” 118). Jonathan Edwards, writes his religious poem as a symbol of being a Puritan, just like Bradstreet, both trying to be good Christians. Edwards shows his religious views in more of a Heaven and Hell way, proving that even God gets angry, unlike Bradstreet who focuses solely on God and his doings. “And there is no other reason to be given, why you have not dropped into hell since you arose in the morning, but that God’s hand has held you up” (Edwards 127). Bradstreet and Edwards both believe in God and are religious, but while Bradstreet sees and writes about the good in God, Edwards points out God’s anger.
Writing styles, personalities, and religious views are just some of the things Bradstreet and Edwards can be compared by, and both of them turned out to be amazing poets, even if they didn’t share everything in common, that is what made their poems different and fun to
“Anne Bradstreet was essentially the first notable American poet, man or woman” (“Meet the Authors: Anne…” 114). Jonathan Edwards was another great American poet, and they are both alike and different in many ways. Anne Bradstreet wrote “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and Upon the Burning of Our House.” Jonathan Edwards wrote “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Bradstreet and Edwards are both talented Puritan poets who wrote about their views on God, amongst other things. Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards have different writing styles, personalities, as well as different religious views.
Bradstreet and Edwards’ styles are well shown through their writings. Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards both write with different …show more content…
What they write can really tell you what they are like. By reading poems from both poets, it is very easy to tell their are very different. By taking what Bradstreet and Edwards say in their poems, you can determine their personalities because of different things such as their tone, and what the lines of the poems are saying themselves. Both have very different, but unique personalities. Bradstreet's writings show that she is a spiritual and compassionate wife. “If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife then surely thee” (Bradstreet “To My Dear…” 116). Edwards is a very persuasive and intense writer who is very descriptive. He is very straightforward and wants to get the point across. “...You are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours” (Edwards 127). Neither Anne Bradstreet nor Jonathan Edwards have negative personalities, but they are very different. They both have very different perspectives on the world, which can partially determine one’s personality. The words and feelings used throughout the poems make us able to clearly see their different …show more content…
Anne Bradstreet’s poems show the faith she has for God, as she mentions it in various ways in her poems that whatever happens is God’s doing, it will be okay. Anne Bradstreet’s poems show the faith she has for God, as she mentions it in various ways in her poems that whatever happens is God’s doing, it will be okay. She sees the positive side in things, even when they go south. “I blest His name that gave and took” (Bradstreet “Upon the Burning…” 118). Jonathan Edwards, writes his religious poem as a symbol of being a Puritan, just like Bradstreet, both trying to be good Christians. Edwards shows his religious views in more of a Heaven and Hell way, proving that even God gets angry, unlike Bradstreet who focuses solely on God and his doings. “And there is no other reason to be given, why you have not dropped into hell since you arose in the morning, but that God’s hand has held you up” (Edwards 127). Bradstreet and Edwards both believe in God and are religious, but while Bradstreet sees and writes about the good in God, Edwards points out God’s anger.
Writing styles, personalities, and religious views are just some of the things Bradstreet and Edwards can be compared by, and both of them turned out to be amazing poets, even if they didn’t share everything in common, that is what made their poems different and fun to