Part 1: Short Answer Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. 1.Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have. Any mother would feel the same stress she did towards her children. 2.Read Bradstreet’s biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then‚ in at least two sentences‚ explain how these hardships might have influenced her
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Part 1: Short Answer Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. 1. Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have. She seems sad and miserable that all her children leave their nest when they grow-up. 2. Read Bradstreet’s biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then‚ in at least two sentences‚ explain how these hardships
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Part I: Short Answer Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. 1. Explain the metaphor Bradstreet uses in the poem for her children. Give at least two specific examples from the poem. An example of a metaphor in Bradstreet’s poem would be that she compares her children as to baby birds that live in a nest. Another example is that she compares them growing up to a bird leaving the nest to take flight
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Anne Bradstreet: The spokeswoman of her time Aaliyah Cooper Anne Bradstreet: The Spokeswoman of Her Time Anne Bradstreet was a poet who wrote about subjects that shows people what it was like to be a woman with a family during the 1600s. She wrote about what is like to be a wife‚ a mother‚ a grandmother and losing loved ones. She captured her audience’s attention by utilizing literary elements such as imagery and metaphors. With her use of literary elements and relatable topics‚ Anne Bradstreet
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poem by Anne Bradstreet. The use of rhyme and rhythm throughout this poem depicts to me that Anne had an exceptional understanding of poetry and how to write poetry. Anne uses a great array of words to make the poem more appealing to not only the reader but also herself. This finely written poem portrays to me that Anne was a very spiritual women but maybe had doubts about everything going on around her. The course of this paper will iterate what the poem For Deliverance from a Fever by Anne Bradstreet
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Both "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild" by Anne Bradstreet and "Meditaion 8" by Philip Pain express two contrasting point of views in relation to death. Bradstreet’s diction and use of literary elements‚ such as metaphors and alliteration‚ are skillfully arranged throughout the poem which aid in making the theme of dying seem inevitable. Pain uses two different tones to create a turning point in his thoughts about halfway through his poem which gives the reader a better idea of his stages of feelings
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Well Hidden Mind of Anne Bradstreet During the early 1600’s Puritanism ran strong throughout early North America. Anne Bradstreet‚ the educated and well-to-do daughter of Thomas Dudley‚ arrived in America during the 1630’s. Anne Bradstreet being a firm Puritan believer‚ abided by the ideas that women were man’s subordinate‚ their help-mates‚ thus leaving women to be submissive. This led women’s ambitions and want for self-fulfillment to be negated by religion. Bradstreet reflected her beliefs
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1. Summarize the position Anne Bradstreet has come to hold as an American writer. Anne Bradstreet was the first true American poet her poems show the inner workings of a good Puritan heart. She read widely in history‚ science‚ literature and studied the works of Guillame du Bartas this gave her the power‚ control‚ and influence to have a confident poetic voice. Bradstreet’s was known to be a free thinker and some consider her an early feminist‚ with her feminist views‚ as in the poem about Queen
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Anne Bradstreet: Poems Summary and Analysis of "The Flesh and the Spirit" Summary: The poet describes walking by the secret place on the banks of the Lacrim and overhearing a conversation between two sisters; one called "Flesh" and the other named "Spirit." Flesh asks her sister why she prefers to survive on meditation alone‚ and how quiet contemplation can be satisfying. She wonders if her sister ever dreams of anything beyond the moon and asks if she is "fancy-sick." Flesh wants to try to show
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Anne Bradstreet and her family immigrated to American for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was a Puritan and the first American poet. Anne Bradstreet had experienced hardships throughout her entire life. However‚ by God‚ she had done the best she could in order to live. She usually expressed herself through her writings – poetry. At the time when she arrived to the New World‚ the colonists were fighting for surviving due to the lack of foods and the climate. It was very difficult for Anne to adapt
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