Bradstreet’s beliefs are mostly found in her own works and writings, which is why hey poems are greatly analyzed for her thoughts on Puritanism and feminism. Anne Bradstreet was the author of many works, including poems and essays. In “Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10. 1666”, Anne Bradstreet adheres to her Puritan conventions by stating that God is always justified in his actions because he has created a divine plan in which everyone and everything has its place. After burning down Anne’s house, she convinces herself everything is okay because God will let her into heaven, “Thou hast a house on high erect / Fram'd by that mighty Architect…” (43-44). As previously asserted, Bradstreet is also a subtle voice of dissent because she shows God’s immorality with her phrases of plea to a deity that won’t respond nor help.
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The rest of her community mostly wrote about their travels to New England, the resources and new lives found there, and details about the Native American Indians. Bradstreet’s ideas about feminism can easily be observed in her poem dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, where she states that, “She hath wip'd off th' aspersion of her Sex, / That women wisdom lack to play the Rex” (Bradstreet Honor 29-30). To translate to modern terms, Bradstreet states that the Queen disregarded the slander of her gender that declared that women could not rule as monarchs. Anne believed in the equality of men and women, differing from her Puritan counterparts. She also wrote poems to her husband, revealing her soft spot for some men, “Commend me to the man more lov'd than life, / Show him the sorrows of his widow'd wife” (Bradstreet Love Letter 9-10). Her love letters also tie in with her thanking God for what he has done for her, despite all of His
The rest of her community mostly wrote about their travels to New England, the resources and new lives found there, and details about the Native American Indians. Bradstreet’s ideas about feminism can easily be observed in her poem dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, where she states that, “She hath wip'd off th' aspersion of her Sex, / That women wisdom lack to play the Rex” (Bradstreet Honor 29-30). To translate to modern terms, Bradstreet states that the Queen disregarded the slander of her gender that declared that women could not rule as monarchs. Anne believed in the equality of men and women, differing from her Puritan counterparts. She also wrote poems to her husband, revealing her soft spot for some men, “Commend me to the man more lov'd than life, / Show him the sorrows of his widow'd wife” (Bradstreet Love Letter 9-10). Her love letters also tie in with her thanking God for what he has done for her, despite all of His