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    Anne Bradstreet Beliefs

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    beliefs are that God has a reason for doing everything. She believes that her house and possessions destroyed because that’s the way God intended it to be. In line 14 of the poem‚ Bradstreet writes plainly‚” I blest his name that gave and took‚ that laid my goods now in the dust. Yea‚ so it was‚ and so ‘twas just.”. Bradstreet had put all of her faith in God and‚“blessed his name”. She believes that he will take care of everything‚ and make everything okay in the end. Material things don’t matter here

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    To My Dear and Loving Husband Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet was the first poet and the first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. Her first volume of poetry was The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America‚ published in 1650. She was born March 20‚ 1612 in Northampton‚ Massachusetts and died September 16‚ 1672 in Andover. She was married to Simon Bradstreet. When they married‚ she was 16 and he was 25. Mrs. Bradstreet’s works are also considered to represent the

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    Anne Bradstreet Tone

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    Bradstreet utilizes an iambic rhythm‚ rhyming couplets‚ inverted syntax‚ and pronounced shifts in tone to exemplify Puritan ideals at the time as well as emphasize the ongoing internal battle between her attachment to material things versus her relationship with God. Throughout the poem‚ she establishes a consistent eight syllable iambic rhythm accompanied with rhyming couplets. This well structured rhythm mirrors the similar strict lifestyle of Puritans at the time‚ whose lives were often based

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    Fire By Anne Bradstreet

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    Bradstreet was very upset and angry at the beginning of the story when all of her stuff burnt in the flames because she lost everything. Nothing came out of the fire the same‚ not even herself. She was devastated about this because she watched all the stuff she worked for‚ all the stuff she bought‚ all the gifts she was given‚ all of it went down in flames. She started blaming people‚ one of those people were god. She was asking god‚ why did this have to happen to me. I didn’t do anything wrong to

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    Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet Greg Saxon The purpose of this research is to discuss heretical elements in the poetry of Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). This is not to imply that Bradstreet was a heretic in the sense that American religious reformer Anne Hutchinson was. Hutchinson (1591-1643) emigrated to Boston in 1634 and preached a doctrine of salvation through intuitive apprehension of grace rather than by works‚ and attacked the rigid moral and legal codes of New England Puritanism.

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    Anne Bradstreet & Jonathan Edwards may believe in the same Puritan views‚ nevertheless there comes a time where they differ in what they believe‚ such as their religious beliefs. Though both Puritans‚ religious beliefs separate Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards due to the fact that Bradstreet believes that God is morally right while Edwards considers God as supreme and greater than all others. Anne Bradstreet’s writing shows that she believes in a God that is fair and loving that does things with

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    Criticism on Anne Bradstreet In a criticism by James Ryan on Anne Bradstreet’s over all poetic history. At around 1639‚ Bradstreet became interested in the composition of many types of poetry. There was a great variety of poems that she wrote such as elegies‚ dialogues‚ religious verse‚ and love lyrics. Many of her poems were wrote about her everyday life dealing with her family or major events that occurred. Publishing a book in the seventeenth-century in England was an amazing accomplishment

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    "If ever two were one‚ then surely we. If ever man love by wife then thee’. By Anne Bradstreet who is one of a American Authors. over a past four century Anne have received a number of accolades from literary scholars and critics. Anne Bradstreet is one of American author and not only a author but also a poet which mean she have written some poem. She has been called one of the greatest Puritans/New world‚ first female poets in America. Some people consider her as best female poet of all time

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    Mary Rowlandson and Others A Comparison of Female Captivity Narratives Sarah Daugherty Collin College The first question to address is what captivity narratives are. “Captivity narratives are stories of people captured by "uncivilized" enemies. The narratives often include a theme of redemption by faith in the face of the threats and temptations of an alien way of life.” (Wikipedia 2011). Women such as Mary RowlandsonMary Jemison‚ and Hannah Duston we are all held captive by the natives

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    Who Was Anne Bradstreet?

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    An Interpretation: Who was Anne Bradstreet? While reading the poetry of Anne Bradstreet‚ the straightforward Puritanical figure emerges‚ as well as the loving‚ caring person she was. She was truly a faithful puritan‚ but she was also a daughter‚ wife‚ mother‚ scholar and critic. In her poetry she balances both sides. In the poem "Upon the Burning of Our House" she is definite in her belief in God‚ and shows her spiritual growth as she learns amazing‚ heartfelt lessons. This poem could

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