2.3 quiz

How does the speaker describe her relationship with her husband? What aspects of her feelings does she seem to emphasize?

She describes that her and her husband are "one." She says that there is no other woman that loves their husband as much as she loves hers. She says that there is no way that could ever repay him for his love. She compares her love for him with riches and gold.

What personal challenges did Anne Bradstreet endure during her young adulthood?

Anne Bradstreet endured many challenges i her lifetime. When she was a child, she had rheumatic fever. This led to recurrent periods of severe fatigue. Her husband, who was a secretary to a company and then governor of the colony, had to travel away from home for his work. This was challenging for Anne. In 1666, her house burned. She lost all of her worldly possessions in the fire.

Did Anne Bradstreet conform to her Puritan faith wholly? Why or why not? Explain Bradstreet's thoughts about the Puritan religion and her faith.

Anne Bradstreet questioned the truth of the scriptures. She had never seen any miracles and questioned if miracles that she had read about were untrue.

In your own words, summarize Anne Bradstreet's feelings about her husband in her poem, "To My Dear Loving Husband."

Anne describes how much she values her husband. She expresses how strong her love is for him by saying, "My love is such that rivers cannot quench." She expresses in her poem that she will never be able to repay her husband for his love for her. This is shown when she says "Thy love is such I can no way repay."

How do you understand the final two lines of the poem? What do you think Bradstreet means when she enjoins her husband to "ersever" in love so that they "may live ever"?

I feel that she is urging her husband and herself to stick together so they can live together forever. It is impossible to live forever, even if the two stick together and love one another. I think she is meaning a life together in heaven. I feel she is saying if the two love one another very strongly while they are alive, they will live an eternal life together in heaven.

In Bradstreet's poem, "Here Follows Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666," contrast her first reaction (lines 7-10) and her second reaction (lines 11-15) concerning the burning of her house. How were her two reactions different?

In Bradstreet's first reaction, she cries to God and asks him to strengthen her in her distress. She doesn't want God to leave her helpless. In her second reaction, she states, "And when I could no longer look, I blest His name that gave and took." She is thankful for God and knows that she has to have faith in Him no matter what.

Does the poem successfully balance Bradstreet's love for her husband and her love of God? Can you see her struggle to do so?

In the beginning of the poem, Bradstreet describes her love for her husband. Later she states that she hopes "the heavens reward the manifold." She states that they should love each other as much as possible and that they will have eternal love once they ascend to heaven. I think that she does struggle with this because she seems to indicate that her love for her husband is greater than any other love.

Since Anne Bradstreet is known to have been a pious Puritan, why is the poem "A Letter to her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment" unlike one that would be expected from a Puritan wife and mother? What lines include some "worldly" or intimate details that might not be expected?

In this poem, Bradstreet describes intimate aspects of her relationship with her husband, which was unusual for a Puritan wife. She states, "My chilled limbs now numbed lie forlorn." This describes how lonely she is without her husband.

After reading Anne Bradstreet's biographical information in the textbook, explain why her poem "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" seems rather melancholy in tone, rather than what would normally be a joyous occasion.

In this poem, she is saying goodbye to her husband because she thinks that she will die during childbirth. She wanted her husband to find a wife that will take care of her kids.

In lines 43-50 in the poem, "Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666," Bradstreet refers to another house that she hopes to inhabit one day. Where is this house? Who is the "Mighty Architect" who designed it? Who "purchased and paid for" this house? What was the price?

It is referring to her forever home in heaven. The "Mighty Architect" who designed it is God. Jesus "purchased and paid" for this house by His sacrifice. He paid the ultimate price by dying for our sins.

In lines 21-36 in the poem, "Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666," Bradstreet seems to be walking by the ruins at some later point after the fire has consumed her house. How does Bradstreet feel as she walks by? What material items does she miss in particular? Do you recognize the Biblical allusion in the phrase "all's vanity"? What does that mean?

She is sad when she walks by her ruined things. She misses the trunk and chest that was filled with all her best things. She is upset that no one will sit under her roof anymore and no one will eat at her table anymore because it is all gone. Candies will never shine in the window and no bridegroom's voice will ever be heard in the house again. I did recognize the Biblical allusion in the phrase "all's vanity". It means that she knows that she has a better home waiting for her in heaven.

What kind of figurative language does Bradstreet use to describe her feelings for her husband?

She uses both metaphors and personification. She uses metaphors by comparing her love for him to riches and mines of gold.

Explain how Anne Bradstreet uses references to the sun, seasons, and the zodiac signs to represent her feelings about her husband's extended absence as written in her poem, "A letter to her husband, Absent upon Public Employment."

She uses the sun and zodiac signs as a way to references the season and time of year. She makes reference to the Sol from Capricorn stating, "Return, return, sweet Sol, from Capricorn in this dead time."

How does Puritan doctrine view marriage and romantic love?

The Puritans did not recognize marriage as a religious institution. Their marriages were performed by state officers instead of a clergy. Their marriages were not arranged and were based on true love.