Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet and Femininity According to the Oxford English Dictionary, femininity can be defined as “Behaviour or qualities regarded as characteristic of a woman; feminine quality or characteristics; womanliness.” (OED) In today’s society, the concept of femininity takes on many different roles and forms. You can find women in more traditional roles such as mothers and teachers to non- traditional roles such as lawyers, doctors and construction workers. The concept of femininity can be…

In Anne Bradstreet’s poem “As Weary Pilgrim” in The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Beginnings to 1820 Volume A I get not only a since of exhaustion, but depression and a since of questioning or begging from God. The title “As Weary Pilgrim” means the poem is about someone that is tired so the since of exhaustion is validate and even more so coupled with the life as a puritan living in the new world. Bradstreet is begging God for death leading me to question her mental stability.…

God as a mentor trying to keep Christians on the right track and in her case burning down her house prevented her from being too proud of her possesions. In short words, God burnt her house down to teach Bradstreet that she needs to be happy about her life not about her prizes possessions, Bradstreet obtains the message and praises God for it. 3. This quote is from the sermon "Sinners in the hand of an…

Anne Bradstreet was an Early American poet who lived in the 17th century. She wrote the poem Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 after her house burnt down. Jonathan Edwards lived in the 18th century. He was a pastor and theologian known for his powerful sermons, the most famous being Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. These two authors shared many similarities and differences in their writings. Bradstreet and Edwards were both puritans and expressed their…

In Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “The Author To Her Book”, she compares the poems in her book of poetry The Tenth Muse to awkward, disheveled children, through an extended metaphor. She uses personification and the extended metaphor to express her feelings of betrayal after discovering the publication of her poems without her consent or knowledge. Throughout the poem, the speaker chides her unkempt children and even attempts to fix them up, before sending them out into the world. Bradstreet and her…

1. Anne Bradstreet [Verses Upon the Burning of Our House] In this poem Anne Bradstreet portrays how the burning of her house gave her a new sense in what was really important. She question [didst thy wealth on earth abide?]. She is asking herself is earthly wealth important compared to what God has prepared for us in heaven. This contrasts to Edward's [Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God] beacause in this poem God seems like a loving and caring god who has given us things, take it away, only to…

In 1666 Anne Bradstreet wrote Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666. According to Wayne Franklin, this poem was part of a copy of the second edition of poems (1678) that Bradstreet wrote, and was found in Reverend Edward Taylor’s library (Franklin, Wayne, page 187-188). In this poem she writes about the burning of her house as God’s doing. Even though it was hard for her in the beginning of the poem to assimilate she was losing everything she owned, as the poem…

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.…

Sarah Knight, and Anne Bradstreet. This paper will include how both writers can compare and how both artist contrast. I find both artist to be very well oriented when writing. Knight a Bradstreet are some form of poem writers, their work is published in the eighth edition of the Norton Anthology book. Anne Bradstreet was known as one of the most prominent of early English poets of North America and the first writer in England’s North American colonies to be published. Anne Bradstreet was born in…

Anne Bradstreet was born around 1612 to a Puritan family in England. Bradstreet was known as being one of the first published poets in America. Her first poem entitled “To My Dear and Loving Husband” was written between 1641-1643, but published 6 years after her death in 1678. It was rare for women in these times to become writers given that more than half were educated due to father’s often feeling that education should not be wasted on girls. However, her father Thomas Dudley held a high…