Before The Birth Of Her Children

Bradstreet’s poems all have a common theme of nature and passing. In “Before the Birth of One of Her Children” Bradstreet makes reference to her children as birds and imagery from nature throughout the poem. She makes reference to trees, snails, and grass. Bradford also makes reference to heaven. Bradford uses theses same allusions of heaven in her three poems, in memory of her grandchildren. Another theme common to all four works is her accepting the passing of the children. In Before the Birth she accepts the passing of her children from her life to their own and in “In Memory of My Dear Grandchild”, she accepts the passing of her grandchildren from this life to the next.
I think this theme is so common in Bradstreet’s work because