The House is Burning

The poem “Verses Upon Our Burning House” by Anne Bradstreet expresses Puritan values, which were piety, courage, and industry, because in the poem Anne is witnessing everything that she owns going up in flames. The items that she furnished her house with where very important to her and it shows the reader how industrialized her and her family has become. When she says “Then, coming out, behold a space, The flame consume my dwelling place.” and “That laid my goods now in the dust. Yea, so it was,…

stop, trying to decide where to go next. There are two streets in front of it, one is pathed with failure and challenges, but success at the end of the road, while the other is short and easy and has failure up ahead. Anne Bradstreet from “ Burning of our House”, Equiano from “ The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano”, and the pilgrims of “ Of Plymouth Plantation”, all went down the street that had challenges, yet the never gave up. Bradstreet had to overcome losing her home and…

Bradstreet's "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House." After the burning of her house, Anne Bradstreet, a female poet, reprovingly writes about the passing of materialistic things, in order to show that all wealth on Earth will come to an end whereas the wealth in Heaven is more rich and ever-lasting. In her poem Anne Bradstreet stresses the idea of Eternal Life."Thou hast a house on high erect," The idea that in Heaven everything will come to a whole and will be much more grand. As a human she…

One of the texts we’ve read that I connect to is “Upon the Burning of Our House” by Anne Bradstreet. In this poem, Bradstreet writes about her house burning down. However, rather than being consumed by despair, she views the loss of her possessions as an act of God that has reminded her of what is truly important. Bradstreet’s poem reflects her Puritan belief of simplicity in order to focus on God. Although I would never want to experience the loss Bradstreet did, I value the point that she…

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…

that God has selected a certain few for salvation, but unlike other christians they thought faith was just not enough. Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet about some of the puritans ways and beliefs. Bradstreet wrote a poem named “Upon The Burning of Our House.” Edwards wrote a sermon entitled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Edwards sermon illustrates vividly the relationships between God and the people. In the sermon it says “You are ten thousand times more admirable in his…

talks about her sorrows after her house burns down and thanks God for the gift she was given in “Here Follow Verses upon the Burning of Our House”. Meanwhile, Jonathan Edwards talks about God being angry with them and sending them to hell when they die because of their wickedness in “From Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. Both talk about God but in different opinions. Anne Bradstreet is the author of a text called “Here Follow Verses upon the Burning of Our House” and in this text she…

The Puritan were treated badly in England. In 1600s, they moved to America to escape religious persecution. They settled in what is now Massachusetts and practiced their religion freely. Anne Bradstreet in her poem, “Upon the Burning of Our House,’’ talks about religion in gentler tones than Jonathan Edwards. Edwards’ sermon, “In the Hand of an Angry God,”threatened the people with fire and brimstone if they did something wrong in the eyes of God. Bradstreet and Edwards approached eternal…

Throughout both the sympathetic “Upon the burning of our house, July 10th 1666,” and threatening “Sinners in the hands of an angry god” we have seen the similarities and differences between two pieces from both the 1600s and 1700s. The two puritan writings are unique in the own way yet focus on the general concept of G-d and the afterlife. There is Anne Bradstreet and “Upon the burning of our house, July 10th 1666” which focus’ on her true story of how her house burned down, so she felt that it…

“Verses upon the burning of our house”. She show to the reader the reflection of the time period. First, she shows how much people believed in god. She also shows how much material things matter to them. Then she shows how they were grateful for everything that they had. First, Anne showed the beliefs of god, in the middle of the poem she said that god will take from you but he also will give back to you. This shows that god was a major role in their life because their house got burned down…