I. Title: To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet The title can give the reader a general idea on what is this poem about. Anne wrote this poem to her husband to express how much she misses him and ask her husband to come home soon. She loves her husband very much by the action of sending him a love poem. II. Organization (Stanzaic or Continuous? Importance?) This poem is continuous. It is a one and unbroken piece. The poet is expressing how much she loves her husband and how happy to be
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Emotional Conflict of Puritan Belief Anne Bradstreet was a puritan wife and mother. However‚ her passion for literary creation was forced‚ moreover‚ to operate within the restraints and inhibitions of Puritanism. There is a conflict between Puritan theology and her own personal feelings on life reflected in many of her poems in which reveal her eternal conflict regarding her emotions and the beliefs of her religion. Puritan marriage normally was repressed so as not to distract
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Public Employment‚” Anne Bradstreet addresses the importance of her husband’s presence in her life and the emotions she experiences when he is gone at work. Clearly demonstrating education unfamiliar to women in the 1600’s as well as passion not commonly found in her time’s literary works‚ Bradstreet successfully portrays the connection she feels between her and her husband and the consequences of such a connection. Using earthly‚ physical and scientific comparisons‚ Bradstreet shows that her husband
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In "The Author to Her Book‚" Bradstreet is inundated in indecision and internal struggles over the virtues and shortfalls of her abilities and the book that she produced. As human beings we associate and sympathize with each other through similar experiences. It is difficult to sympathize with someone when you don’t know where they are coming from and don’t know what they are dealing with. Similar experiences and common bonds are what allow us to extend our sincere appreciation and understanding
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期末報告 1. In Anne Bradstreet’s The Flesh and the Spirit‚ what exactly is “living in the flesh” and “living in the spirit”? 2. In Anne Bradstreet’s Before the Birth of One of Her Children‚ what is she afraid of? What concern does she have for her husband? What role does her faith play in this poem? 3. In Anne Bradstreet’s A Letter to Her Husband‚ what images are used in this poem? What does it reveal about the feelings of unity and distance the couple feel? 4. What major distinctions does Crevecoeur
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Khadija 1 Raisa Khadija MD. Mohibul Hasan ENG 201 18 February 2011 Anne Bradstreet: Thoughts towards of her husband To me‚ the poem “A letter to her husband‚ Absent upon Public Employment” is a reflection of the poet’s own self. I think that‚ it is so sweet and forlorn because she misses her husband so much. However‚ from the poem’s title I guess that‚ her husband went for public employment and she wrote a letter for taking a holiday from job. So it is a common scenario of her
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Anne Bradstreet is from a Puritanism religion. At that time people were so strict especially when it comes to religion. The society in which she was leaving in‚ wanted her to stop writing poetry because they believe that “a woman’s role is to take care of her husband and the household”. In addition to that her voice and her writing style made her unique. Anne was rejected and criticizes by her community because she had chosen the path of poetry. As Puritanism she was not supposed to write poetry
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"Here Follow Some Verses.." By: Anne Bradstreet The poem‚ "Here Follow Some Verses‚" is very interesting. Many hardships occured to Anne Bradstreet but she had the courage to get over it by knowing the truth about God. After the burning of her house‚ July 10‚ 1666‚ Bradstreet wrote this poem. It expresses her longing for the house and the possesions that were consumed in the fire. "I blest His name that gave and took.." This means that she thinks that all
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women in their writings. Women were seen only as caregivers of their homes‚ husbands‚ and children in the eighteenth century and earlier. Anne Bradstreet and Abigail Adams were women writers whom played similar roles in the different century they lived in. Women of the seventeenth and eighteenth century were deprived the chance to be more than just a woman. Through Anne Bradstreet’s poem The Prologue and the letters of Abigail Adams‚ readers perceive the roles the women played in their times. In ‘‘Rights
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and British Literature. When Pilgrims moved to America‚ they started their own American traditions and cultures‚ one of those was new literature. Some of the examples of literature and authors from this time period are Benjamin Franklin‚ and Anne Bradstreet. We read pieces of both of their literature in class‚ because they both had a great affect on American Literature when it began. What we read in class of Ben Franklin’s writing showed a new concept called rationalism. His ideas were about how
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