Anne Bradstreet

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Anne Bradstreet

• A Puritan Rebel

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Occupation

• Housewife
• Homemaker
• Part-time Poet
• However, it was unsuitable for women to write
  during the 1600s
• Most womens places were in the home
• Men were the dominant

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Making a transition

• Bradstreet made the move with her husband to seek
  a Puritan way of life.
• Consequently, this was a difficult time for
  Bradstreet as she was accustomed to a life of
  privilege.
• Bradstreet turned to God and her writing.

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First American Poet

• Anne Bradstreet is considered in history the
  first American poet which was quite an
  accomplishment as women were not supposed to
  write.
• Her brother had taken a collection of her works
  and had them published.

• Her poetry is described to be a personal account
  of everyday life, religion, and tradition.
• She wrote lyric poetry, and she utilized several
  different devices
• Inverted syntax
• Imagery
• Allusions
• Archaic language
• Rhyme and rhythm
• Hyperboles
• Paradox

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Anne Bradstreets works

• Upon the Burning of Our House
• To My Dear and Loving Husband