... not going to pleasant. I do think that although she accepts her skills and acknowledges her imperfections, she doesn't like it, pointing out a deficient, silly Muse. Clearly, not one of the better Muses created by the fairer sex of the Greeks. Bradstreet is dismissive of her own writing. This is, in my opinion, for the purpose of padding the ever so fragile ... so open with all the meek, submissive language is because she knows that she can contend with the boys. It makes me laugh; it is like she is paying lip service because deep down, she knows she's good. Let the boys have their doma...

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... Likewise, any writing that did not serve at least one of the purposes listed above was considered to be a waste of time that would be better spent praising God. Anne Bradstreet defied the rules of her time by writing about whatever she wanted including personal thoughts, reflections, emotions, and events. ... American literature. Bradstreet clearly stated her opinion of those who objected to her writing: "I am obnoxious to each carping tongue, who says my hand a needle better fits." (Baym, Levine, and Krupat35) Most writers were men and to have a woman even writing poems of their own was...

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... , "Your care of your own life, and the means you use for your own preservation. But indeed these things are nothing." This quote sounds much like Bradstreet because they both realize the earthy things mean nothing and that without God there would be nothing. Though Bradstreet and Edwards use a different kind of vernacular, they both have the same basic extremism. They both trust ... ...

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... for the support of her family and close friends, Bradstreet's poems would never have seen the light of day. However, "despite opposition's from `carping tongues," who said her `hand a needle better fits than a pen," Bradstreet continued to write" (Lauter 383). Such horrid acts as writing poetry were seen as neglect of family duties. Her brother-in-law, the man responsible for ... , / Give thyme or parsley wreath, I ask no bays; / This mean and unrefined ore of mine / will make your glist"ring gold but more to shine" (Lauter 385). She realizes that nothing she can create can ever compare ...

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... a God who appears to have no compassion and sympathy whatsoever. In Edward's sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" he states, " he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire-(103). Edwards says, "I think it is a reasonable thing to frighten a person from hell Is it not a reasonable thing to fright a person out ... a person should not be a sinner. His purpose is to scare us, and to show us just how God is out to get us. Edwards says in his sermon, "it is nothing but His mere pleasure that keeps you from being this moment swallowed up in everlasting des...

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... meaning is. The poem, upon the burning of our House, depicts Bradstreet's devout belief in God. She "blest His name that gave and took". Even though she is left with nothing, she still praises the Lord and believes it is his will. In addition, she is self-deprecating in the beginning of her prologue because she believes that she is unworthy ... ...

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... of her sicknesses but the other trails her family faced. The house that they had worked so hard to build caught on fire one night, and destroyed the whole house nothing could be saved. Losing the house once again lead her to write, she wrote the poem Burning of Our House. Simon moved up regularly in the administrative and political ladder ... ...

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... her good decisions in life. In these decisions, she became a good and refined Puritan wife. In the end, her struggles with God stopped because she was finally at peace with nothing bad trialing and troubling her. Anne Dudley Bradstreet will always be remembered as a role model for the children that follow our lives." ...

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... teach you a lesson. If you pay attention and observe what you are reading, the lesson will teach itself. Plain style is described for exactly what it is "plain." There is nothing fancy about it, and it is extremely easy to understand. I think that this is what made Anne Bradstreet's poetry so popular. She knew how to get across what she wanted ... ...

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... up the steady rhyming pattern. In my opinion, lines 8 and 9 have used different words to deliver a similar message. Both lines simply mean that Simon loves her too. She believes that nothing is more valuable than that love and it cannot be bought. The gratitude she feels for his love is unmistakable. The idea of marriage and love lasting for eternity is ... ...

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... , such as gold. She also says," My love is such that rivers cannot quench" ("Husband"7). This statement shows the reader that her love for her husband is so strong that nothing can bring it to an end. Bradstreet also states " I happy am, if well with you" ("In Reference to Her Children"94). She was saying that she was happy only if ... ...

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... happy in a man / Compare with me, ye woman, if you can." 4. Often newlyweds feel the same way about their partner as Anne Bradstreet feels about hers. It seems as if nothing matters to her except for the love she and her husband feel for each other. "Upon the Burning of Our House" Pg. 140 1. Bradstreet doesn't seem very upset but rather ... ...

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... she wrote about from men. In "The Prologue " she made sure to show her resistance to such sexists' beliefs. "I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits. If what I do prove well, it won't advance; They'll say it's stol'n, or ... to resist the idea that God was responsible for everything that went on. He believed that there was a God that created life and it was up to the humans to better themselves. Take for example the story he tells about the drunken sailor that he sa...

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... ground for her cause (Study Mode). In lines 25-30," Bradstreet expresses her everyday struggles and thoughts, by writing, "I am obnoxious to each carping tongue/ Who says my hand a needle better fits./A Poet's Pen all scorn I should thus wrong,/For such despite they cast on female wits./If what I do prove well, it won't advance,/They'll say it's stol'n, or ... ." Lines twenty-five through thirty particularly relate the life struggle of a female poet. The diction of these lines "her choice to include the words "who says my hand a needle better fits," speaks directly to the (at the time) c...

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... is knowingly aware that she is doing something that is out of the norm. She states in "The Prologue," "I am obnoxious to each carping tongue/ Who say my hand a needle better fits," (lines 25-26). It is clear here that Bradstreet is aware that she is expected to be doing tasks that are fit for a woman in this example, sewing. This ... to "The Tenth Muse." Ward suggest that she is wearing an item of clothing that is reserved for males, and Bradstreet responds back by questioning Ward if her hand is better fit to sew (Harvey). Ward's comment can be seen as a mockery of Bradstreet, implying...

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... her children to closely resemble her husband. Bradstreet envisions them with their father's face instead of her own to grant and wish them a life as good as her husband's and better than her own. Also, in the line, "The welcome house of him my dearest guest," refers once again to a woman's heart and how the husband will be honored, received, and ... , as the mother, "Thy blemishes amend, if so I could," but fails, "I wash'd thy face, but more defects I saw." This can be portrayed as a mother attempting to fix a child for the better, or it can be that, as a woman, she lacks self-confidenc...

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... talk about the way society viewed women in the public eye. In the fifth stanza, the anger of Bradstreet is clearly displayed in the lines, Who says my hand a needle better fits; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits. If what I do prove well, it won't advance; They"ll say it's stol"n, or ... stanza, she explains to the reader that her work is very simple and she should not be the one to do the recording of history when others can do it better. Bradstreet writes, "Let poets and historians set these forth; / My obscure lines shall not so dim ...

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... and education before she came to America. This allowed her to have the same education as a wealthy boy would have at the time. This helped her handle public pressure a lot better than other women at the time. Who helped her the most though was her dad Thomas Dudley, in return she paid homage by writing many poems about him. However, she ... ...

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... , in those days, a woman was not fit to write. She mentions this in her poem The Prologue. She says: "I am obnoxious to each carping tongue/Who says my hand a needle better fits/A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong/For such despite they cast on female wits"" (Bradstreet). She wishes to break free from these societal norms that hold her back ... ...

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... , I plan to describe how Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards and myself relate. In the second paragraph, I will go into detail on how our lives have been different and give examples to better explain each explanation. To begin with, I will discuss how my life relates to the lives of Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edward. First, like Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards, I enjoy writing ... ...

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... hobbling than is meet". And when she tries to embellish her work, she finds that she cannot find a means to her end. "In [her] mind" she imagined her book in "better dress"; however she could find none "save homespun cloth". Lastly, she is afraid of what might come to pass. She warns the book to not fall in "critics" hands" lest ... ...

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