The Prolugue By Anne Bradstreet: Poem Analysis

Anne Bradstreet was an English Puritan woman who immigrated to America in the mid-1600s. Her father was the manager of the estate of the Earl of Lincoln. This meant that Bradstreet would be raised in an upper class manner. She obtained several advantages due to this. The main advantage she had was the chance to receive a quality education. Her formal education was centered on history, various languages, and literature. She married Simon Bradstreet, a fellow Puritan, at the age of sixteen. Her husband assisted in the preparations of the Massachusetts Bay Company, and was the primary reason for the Bradstreets and Dudleys immigration to America. Anne Bradstreet has long been credited with being the first woman in the British North American colonies to have her work published. Her works primarily focused on the world around her and her disapprobation of the roles she was expected to assume within the Puritan society. …show more content…
Bradstreet utilizes this technique so that she will not be considered an abomination in order to procure a firm foundation within this new Puritan society. After all, she was married to one of the most distinguished men of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and if the true meaning of her words were to ever come out; then, it would not only have drastic implications on her life, but also the life of her husband and children. Bradstreet would never allow this to happen to them due to her love for her children and husband. This is why Anne Bradstreet utilized a careful approach to this subject by employing a hyperbolic