Anne Bradstreet

Upon discovering the poetry of Mistress Bradstreet I was immediately infused with wonder. Such feats could never be accomplished in the eyes of my father, but Mistress Bradstreet was clearly devoid of any defect of the brain. Every verse is lined with intellect, such as that of my father. I cannot help but think that Father might be misguided. The verses are constructed perfectly to raise my spirits. After all, if she might achieve such able fluency, who is to deny the Puritan woman respect. I…

Throughout Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “The Prologue” it is evident in her writing that her words are used to defend herself and her sex against Puritan beliefs. Within the entirety of the poem, Bradstreet uses her poetic devices to fight back against the men. These men showed dishonor toward female writers as a whole. Using her writing techniques, she wanted to portray that she, although a female, possessed similar writing qualities as men, making her worthy of their consideration and self-worth.…

1) Anne Bradstreet, a Puritan and female pilgrim, wrote this poem called "The Burning of our House" that spoke of a fire the destroyed her home and all her earthly belongings. In it, she sounds content and satisfied with what she has due to the fact that she realizes her heavenly blessings that God has given her. Despite her loses, she realizes that the fire happened for good because she comes to the understanding that because she mourned so greatly over her possessions, that it took her…

Anne Bradstreet was not only of the first of female poets of England, but was also one of the first American residential poets of the New World. This being considered, she was a highly influential woman. With her writing she brought light to subjects she thought were worth writing about. Those subjects included: the role of women, her faith, and theological and scientific trends of the European world. INSERT QUOTE Anne Dudley-Bradstreet was born in Northamptonshire, England, March 20th…

The Prologue by Anne Bradstreet is a poem full of feminism, disagreeing with gender limitations, references to history and kings, religious references, sarcasm, honesty and self-deprivation. Castle by Halsey is a song full of feminism, references to a king and kingdom, religious references, humility and honesty. They both do not fit the mold for their time periods. Bradstreet’s beliefs are long before the time of feminism being widely accepted. Halsey’s song is not a traditional pop song for a…

they have written. In Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “The Author to Her Book”, she discusses the complex processes of creating a book and compares its difficulty to raising an actual child. The speaker is at battle with herself, as she constantly struggles to appreciate and love her book, but is ashamed of its imperfections. Bradstreet utilizes an image of raising a baby to highlight her dissatisfaction with the publishing of her writings. The parallels of “book and baby” Bradstreet creates conveys the…

powerful. The poems “Death be not proud,” by John Donne, and “somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond,” by E.E. Cummings are poems about love. “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” by Anne Bradstreet, and “Because I could not stop for Death,” by Emily Dickinson are poems that explain death. Donne, Cummings, Bradstreet, and Dickinson have poems that relate death and love. The poems are very similar despite two being about love and the other two being about death. Death and love are very…

as well as keeping a “morally” intact society, the “new Jerusalem.” But “paradise” is not to be gained without challenge and great effort against the “enemy of God” and they came in the form of hardship, privation, and fear. Bradford, Winthrop, Bradstreet, and Edwards wrote of these hardships that they and their fellows faced in a foreign land, with no shelter to go to, no inns to restore their spirits and health, no familiar objects and environment of their European culture previously readily…

Going into this week assignment I was having a hard time trying to decide on which topic I should select. After reading the poem “To my Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet, I decided to stick with the topic of love, and the love couples share. I selected topic 2, and I chose a slow-tempo contemporary R&B and Soul piece written and produced by Beyoncé Knowles, The Dream, and Tricky Stewart titled, 1 + 1. According to Wikipedia 1 + 1 was originally titled “Nothing but Love”. This songs…

published author in the newly established Puritan society, Anne Bradstreet, is a female. Puritan women are very restricted to life at home and therefore judged as inferior to men. Anne could be considered America’s first feminist because she is a woman writing about her own experiences in life, which completely defy the current puritan tradition. The strict standards of Puritan life are attacked by early feminists who were once Puritan. Anne Bradstreet’s work primarily reflects the religious and…