... of public. Generally, these were written for a specific person. The most prominent writer in this regard is Anne Bradstreet. She wrote epitaphs for her father and mother, which showed her love and affection for her parents. These epitaphs also served the purpose of presenting the models of male and female behavior in the Puritan culture. In an Epitaph on her mother ... Husband" by Anne Bradstreet was also a personal piece of work which was published in 1650, apparently without her knowledge. She loved her husband very much and to express her love she wrote scads of poems among which "To...

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