Anne Bradstreet poem “The Prologue” was an interesting poem. This is one of her most intellectually poems she has written. I like this poem by Bradstreet because it shows off her work as a writer and poet. The theme in the poem “The Prologue” is global and historical context that covers feminisms, Christianity, and psychology. I like how she writes about feminisms and her showing that even though she is a female, she can write poems like men do. Her use of meter and rhyme is nearly perfect and it
Anne was the first poet of America. Her writing style reflected things and events that occurred during her lifetime. For her, writing poetry was an outlet for stress being that she was a Puritan and they did not allow women to be educated. Anne Bradstreet’s poems directly reflected her emotions and how she processed the events around her. A lot of her poetry is sad and somber. Being that she is a Puritan she has a lot of biblical references in her poems. In “The Flesh and the Spirit” Anne takes
From the writing at home to the speeches at church, Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards are two religious authors during the Puritan Times. A woman poet of a time against woman’s independence and a preacher of full religion devotion, Bradstreet and Edwards’ concept of religion were presented similarly but not alike. Bradstreet’s aspects of religious views were focused upon praising God and loving her family and husband. Edwards’ perspective of his sermons were strongly influenced by religion about
context of Anne Bradstreet’s writings and how that influenced her. An authors writing is always influenced by their surroundings and the history of which they have lived in. Anne Bradstreet was no different, and her Puritan surroundings and the happening history of the time, as well as her family occupied her poems. Anne Bradstreet’s writings were usually personal accounts, but her Puritan living was very apparent and that is what I will focus on. To start lets go over a little history about Anne Bradstreet
Of the three poems to Anne Bradstreet’s deceased grandchildren, “In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Anne Bradstreet” is the longest. It’s interesting that the longest is also written in memory of the grandchild who shared her name. One would presumably be especially close to their namesake. The first line of the poem sets the tone: “With troubled heart and trembling hand I write.” The younger Anne’s death has obviously affected Bradstreet in a deep way and it is easy to picture her writing these words
Anne Bradstreet was a well-known poet in the 1700s. During her time, women were underrepresented in the literature work. Despite this, she managed to publish a number of writing pieces especially poems. Most of the poems she wrote, connect religion to her daily basis. Although she was fortunate to be the first female puritan in poetry, there were downside circumstances that impeded Anne in producing her work. As described on page 113, Anne raised eight children while having unhealthy condition. She
Anne Bradstreet was a very well known for her amazing poems she had wrote in the past. Anne was also well known because she knew that writing in her time was considered an unacceptable activity for women. She wrote in the little spare time she had, while the children sleep, or in moments between household chores. Anne was also a Puritan and lived by the Puritan beliefs therefore everyone excluded her from everything which made her want to write more. The Puritan beliefs in modesty, hard work
Anne Bradstreet is commonly known as one of the most influential writers of all time. She was the first known New World writer. As a woman, she kept her writings in the shadows for most of her life, for it was not considered an acceptable act for a woman to write. She faced many hardships but persevered through them all. Bradstreet set the bar from then on for all female writers. Anne Bradstreet was born in 1612 in a castle in Northampton, England. She lived a fairly good life. Her father, Thomas
still fighting for equality every day. In the time of Anne Bradstreet, women had few rights and they were seen as inferior to men. Anne lived among the puritans whom ruled her everyday life. Although it was completely against the puritan code for women to receive an education, Anne Bradstreet’s father, Thomas Dudley, loved his daughter very much and did everything he could to make sure that she was well educated which shows in her works. Anne Bradstreet’s literature became well known only because
both Anne Bradstreet’s poems, “The Prologue” and “Contemplations” I realized that she is an excellent poet. Her ability to make you feel like you are there experiencing the situation with her. In contemplations she says, “Some time now past in the autumnal tide…The trees all richly clad, yet void of pride, were gilded o’er by rich golden head. Their leaves and fruits seemed painted, but was true, of green, of red, of yellow, mixed hue; Rapt were my senses at this delectable view.” (Bradstreet p.112)