Anne Bradstreet

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Anne Bradstreet
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Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our
House

• What is going on in the first 12 lines?
• What is Bradstreet doing in lines 13-20
• What does Bradstreet say is just? Why does she
  feel this way?

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Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our
House

• Define conflict. What two types are there?
• What is the authors conflict in this poem?
  What Puritan belief does her conflict show?
• Go through the poem with a partner and determine
  the verses where Bradstreet grieves her loss and
  where she has the Puritan mentality.

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Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our
House

• 1-12

• Grieves

• 13-20

• Puritan

• 21-34

• Grieves

• 35-54

• Puritan

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Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our
House

• What is the message of the last 4 verses?