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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 ... ...
... 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 ... ...
... 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." ...
... 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 ... ...
... 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 ... ...
... , 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 ... ...
... 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 ... ...
... 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...
... 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 ... ...
