Anne_Bradstrret

Anne Bradstrret Anne Bradstreet was one of the English speaking first poets in North America, as her poetry has withstood the test of time. She married Simon Bradstreet, who also shared her deep Puritan beliefs. She raised eight children on an isolated farm, spending most of her time doing household work and writing poetry. In her work, it is evident that she struggles deeply between her deeply rooted Puritan beliefs and her passion for the material and intellectual world. The Puritan community frowned on Woman writing, since it was an unseemly behavior for Woman. For this reason, she was very careful and cautious about the way she wrote because she often hid the true meanings of her writing. I believe that there are two meanings to her work, what she really means and what she wants the readers to think the meaning is. The poem, upon the burning of our House, depicts Bradstreet’s devout belief in God. She “blest His name that work, believes, writing, woman, puritan, bradstreet, believe, world, way, very, time, though, poetry, meanings, even, deeply, bradstreet’s, beliefs, because, anne, years, wrote, writings, worth, withstood, while, upon, unworthy, unseemly, two, true, traditions, took, told, think