... important to know a few facts about her life. First of all, she was a Puritan, but often doubted and questioned the harsh Puritan concept of a judgmental God and the belief that women should be unspoken and obedient. Although she was born in England, she is considered to be one of the most well-known of early American poets at a time when little ... attention was given to women authors. At the age of sixteen, she married Simon Bradstreet, who played a key role in her literary career and was the focus in several of her poems. In "To My ... any other married couple. She feels that they a...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... intelligent and strong poet. In such works as "The Prologue", Bradstreet shows that she was both angry and against the role that were given to women during her time. They were seen as being intellectually inferior to men and the only place they had in society was at home, tending to their ... husband and children. The following stanza from "The Prologue" is Bradstreets feeling towards the criticism she received from being a female writer and it explains how men saw women at this time: I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits; A poet's pen all scorn I sho...

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... , educated, and came from a prosperous and deeply religious family. She was a mother of 14, and a very dynamic speaker. She held prayer meetings, where women debated religious and ethical ideas. Her beliefs that the Holy Spirit dwells within a justified person and so is not based on the good works necessary for admission to ... very seriously as an intellectual, and a poet (McGiffert, 118). Her "apologies" were more likely ironic than sincere. She was responding to those Puritans who felt women should be silent, modest, and living in the private, rather than the public areas. She was qui...

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... of the estates of the earl of Lincoln. A woman's education was limit back then if they even got any. Although because of her father's position she was an well-educated women. She had unlimited access to the "great library of the manor" were she started reading the writings of some of the greatest authors. Anne was also educated by the best ... ...

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... off by saying, "If ever two were one, then we. / If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; / If ever wife were happy in a man, / Compare with me ye women if you can" (Bradstreet 394). Her sentences seem complex and hard to understand, but once you reread them they are easily understood. She is simply saying, "If two people were ... ...

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... Author to Her Book", think she doubts her writing talent. She really wasn't poor so some people could not understand why she was writing, because in that day in time women only wrote, for the public, for money. "To My Dear and Loving Husband," I could tell that she had much love for her husband. I could tell how much she missed him ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School