Here Follow Some Reverses By Anne Bradstreet
"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
her possessions were worthless. The tone of this poem starts off with Bradstreet
being very attracted to her possesions. She is heartbroken by that all her
valuables are in ashes now. After she questions herself she answers by saying
that her …show more content…
Then towards the middle she feels that God has the
right to burn down the house because it was His. Bradstreet describes what her
house looked like after the fire. Also she says how nobody can ever eat at the
table or come to her house again. At the end she is convinced that the only thing
worthy is her acceptance into Heaven and no longer care what the fire took.
"He might of all justly bereft, But yet sufficient for us left." In this portrayal
of her home's destruction, Bradstreet acknowledges her faith by admitting the
right of God to take what has been loaned to her. She states the fire is an act
and the will of God. Her recognition compels a plea to God ("strengthen me in
distress, And not to leave me succorless.") for the capacity to overcome the
helplessness of human existence. Puritans believed human being are born
sinful and remained this way through life. They asserted that destiny did not
exist and therefore there was not certainty as to what the future held for each
person. However, Bradstreet found comfort in the promise of an eternal
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
her possessions were worthless. The tone of this poem starts off with Bradstreet
being very attracted to her possesions. She is heartbroken by that all her
valuables are in ashes now. After she questions herself she answers by saying
that her …show more content…
Then towards the middle she feels that God has the
right to burn down the house because it was His. Bradstreet describes what her
house looked like after the fire. Also she says how nobody can ever eat at the
table or come to her house again. At the end she is convinced that the only thing
worthy is her acceptance into Heaven and no longer care what the fire took.
"He might of all justly bereft, But yet sufficient for us left." In this portrayal
of her home's destruction, Bradstreet acknowledges her faith by admitting the
right of God to take what has been loaned to her. She states the fire is an act
and the will of God. Her recognition compels a plea to God ("strengthen me in
distress, And not to leave me succorless.") for the capacity to overcome the
helplessness of human existence. Puritans believed human being are born
sinful and remained this way through life. They asserted that destiny did not
exist and therefore there was not certainty as to what the future held for each
person. However, Bradstreet found comfort in the promise of an eternal