Anne+Bradstreet


 * //To my Dear and Loving Husband//**

This poem written by Anne Bradstreet was directed towards her husband, expressing her boundless love. The poem explains how Bradstreet would not exchange the love of her husband with any riches regardless of value. It also goes on explaining how Bradstreet wishes to remain with her husband until death due them part, **where upon** they will remain together as one in heaven above.
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 * //Verses upon the Burning of our House//**

This **peom** written by Anne Bradstreet is from a supernatural point of view and portrays her feelings after her home was destroyed by a fire and all of her possessions within it are completely destroyed and engulfed in flames. It can be inferred that Anne Bradstreet died during the fire and thus seeks for herself a better life above in heaven.
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 * So...how did she write the poem if she died? (She didn't.)**

After reading both //Verses upon the Burning of our House// and //To my Dear and Loving Husband//, **It can be observed - passive voice** that Anne Bradstreet is a writer who touches greatly upon her home, faith, and family. //Verses upon the Burning of our House// is about the destruction of her home, as well as her faith to God and her desire of going to heaven. Moreover, //To my Dear and Loving Husband// is mainly about her family (her husband) and her unalloyed love for him, as well as her faith that they will remain together forever, eternally in heaven.
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//"I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold"--To my Dear and Loving Husband// Translation: This line of the poem explains how Anne Bradstreet would not exchange the love of her husband for any riches in the world. //"My pleasant things in ashes lie And them behold no more shall I"--Verses upon the Burning of our House Translation: This line of the poem expresses the physical, deleterious condition of Anne Bradstreet's house. "The world no longer let me love; My hope and Treasure lies above" --Verses upon the Burning of our House Translation: This line of the poem essentially shows Anne Bradstreet's faith in God and her yearning to forever live in the Kingdom of Heaven. //
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