Bradstreet’s Lack of Acceptance Due to Loss of Faith “On My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet, Who Died on 16 November 1669, being but a Month, and One Day Old,” is about the death of poet Anne Bradstreet’s grandchild. She personifies God as a gardener, who harvests the grandson Simon and his two sisters. She seems to find ways to understand the situation and remain true to her faith. The internal conflict in Bradstreet’s poem is to retain her trust to keep faith while accepting the tragedy of her grandchild. Even though Bradstreet hides her feelings in her life, she struggles with the loss of faith in God, but eventually accepts the loss of a loved one as being part of God’s plan.
Bradstreet uses “cropped,” to explain God’s plan for a sudden and painful death, but “yet is He good.” She uses the metaphor “cropped” for how people should not be allowed to die before they have a chance to experience a long, full life. Also, explains how individuals do not know God’s plans and therefore should give in to his will. In the poem, Bradstreet starts "Simon Bradstreet" by writing that Simon who has died as a baby. Even though he was on Earth for such a short time, his grandmother is still grieving. She also expresses how the death of her innocent grandchild was sudden and short.
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Also, she states, “He will return and make up all our losses” (9). God will eventually return to them after the Day of Judgment, and at that time we will all eventually meet again. Bradstreet wants her audience to understand that whenever God makes his return he will make people smile and rejoice the life they have lived. Despite the loss of the child, the speaker maintains trust and faith in God’s will. Anne Bradstreet does not hide her grief and sorrow from her readers nor does she intellectualize it nor controls