Anne Bradstreet is known as the first female writer of English poetry of North America. Anne Bradstreet is an incredible writer, which is best known for her poems that involve her life misfortunes. Much of Anne Bradstreet’s poems involve the difficulties her life was presented with, from the death of her love ones to the burning of her home. Some of Anne Bradstreet’s poems that are well recognized today are “Before the Birth of one of Her Children”, “Upon the Burning of our House”, and “On my Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet”. Anne Bradstreet is a Puritan writer, whom writes about unpleasant Puritan life struggles, with the addition of the presences of God.
During the early 17th century, a style of writing, known as The Puritan Plain style,
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This poem shows the harsh condition of a child dying at a very young age, while still exalting God for his decision. The reader is quickly confronted with the death of Anne Bradstreet’s grandchild when she states, “No sooner came, but gone” (93). Bradstreet lets the reader know that her grandchild did not get to live a lot, but even through her pain she gives reference to God. Bradstreet, as well as other Puritans, knew that everything is in God’s control when she states, “Cropt by th ‘Almighty’s hand, buy why, let’s not dispute” (93). The reader is being shown that Bradstreet knows that it is God that decides who he takes and that they cannot challenge his decision. In the article by Robert Ellis states, “the attitude is one of resignation to God’s mysterious will” (1). Even though, Anne Bradstreet might feel lost and confused, on why God took her grandchild with him, she lets the reader know of her acceptance over this undesirable event. It is very important for Anne Bradstreet to show the reader of her acceptance of God’s will, in that it portrays the idea of the Puritans regardless of what devastating situation a Puritan experience in their