Anne Bradstreet

Reflection:


Upon the Burning of my House by Anne Bradstreet was the most impressing out of the three poems. Bradstreet debated between morning her memories and her "earthly possessions" versus following her religion. This shows how religion can force you into doing something you do not completely agree with. Also, Bradstreet doesn't cut out any forethoughts, and in a way shows the before and after. This furthermore shows how religion can be ignored but will come back to make you second guess yourself. Altogether this portrays how religion can contribute to shape a person.



Diary Entry:



Saturday May 9,

Today I finally finished the quilt I've been working on since Tuesday. It is hard to make time for quilting and poems with all the farming I have to do; I hate farming, but I have to help. I know I work harder than the other colonists, but they still somehow get a better harvest. I wish I could follow them, but every time I go to church I am reminded how we shouldn't copy their styles. Tomorrow is a nice breather because we are not supposed to work on Sundays. I got two more lines to my new poem about my husband; I hope he likes it. My stomach keeps growling. I never liked fasting. I am going t/ Thunder just rumbled outside I better get the clothes outside.