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Anne Bradstreet Notes
She was born in 1612 and died 1672
Bradstreet grew up in England
She was educated by her father, Thomas Dudley
She traveled to Massachusetts colony when she was eighteen with her husband Simon
Her parents also joined the Puritan community there
Her brother-in-law published her poems, The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up, without her knowing
Her works explore her love for her husband, her sadness at the death of her parents and other family members, and her struggle to accept as Gods will the losses she suffered.
Inversion-Changing the usual order of words
Upon the Burning of Our House
What caused the house to burn down?
What possessions did she lose?
Why did God build her house and then burn it down?
To My Dear and Loving Husband
Why was the last line “That when we live no more, we may live ever”
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She views her items as things that god had given her and therefore he had the right to take them back. Yet, at the end she realizes that her belongings dont mean as much as she thought. She wanted to dispel that God gave her what she has and therefore is able to take them back.
That her hope and treasures are in heaven meaning that she has lost hope and her belongings.
Her love can only be compensated by her husbands love for her. She hopes that god awards