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ANNE BRADSTREET(c. 1612-1672)
father:
o Thomas Dudley
o estate manager for Puritan Earl of Lincoln
o Puritan himself
education:
o ensured by her father
o superior to peers
16: (1628
o married
o Simon Bradstreet
!or"ed !#her father at Lincoln$s estate
graduate of %ambridge &ni'ersity
Puritan
appointed to assist in preparations of )%* 162+
later , secretary - diplomat of )%* go'ernor of )%olony
tra'el a!ay from home lea'ing .) alone see poems
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o Dudleys - )radstreets
o sailed !#ohn inthrop* )% to .merica
life in )%:
o difficult
o severe fatigue: childhood rheumatic fe'er
o still* ga'e birth 8 times
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)radstreet the !riter:
o capti'ated by the natural - ma3estic beauty surrounding her
o finding e'idence of 4od in the land* s"y* and sea
o had begun !riting poetry as a girl
o continued to compose in 5e! orld
o !ithout her "no!ledge* her brotherinla! (ohn oodbridge too" a collection of her poems to
London and had it printed there as The Tenth Muse(1670
1st poetry vo!me p!"is#ed "y a coonist
!idely read
reprinted in 168
li"e a diary 9 intimate, brutally honest
do!"t: truth in criptures* ne'er sa! miracles* feigned* e;istence of 4od
o (li"e other Teresa$s secret diary
too" consolation in Nat!re
o sa! 4od in 5ature (DE$S%
o order* pro'iding* proper end
o (lesssolace in the )ible* morein 5ature
meditations on 9
ages of man"ind
the seasons of the year
intimate: of family* home life* pleasure in e'eryday life
reflect 9
erudition
faith* nature
3oy in e'eryday life
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o ..))%%DD>
*+R%
o 'arying lengths
o no sonnets* >
%ETER
o iambic pentameter
o 10 beats per line
o
unstressed* stressed
, T#e *es# and t#e Spirit
diao!e
o eternal battle bet!een the ?lesh - oul
o'erheard by pea"er
by the ri'er
2 sisters
*es#:
o materialism - 'anity
o moc"s ister
o Earth has e'erything you could e'er !ant 9 riches* pleasure
Spirit:
o mind - sights on afterlife*
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o rubbed off spot* but found more
o stretched feet* but made it hobble more
o tried to dress it in better clothes* but found only
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A 3etter to &er &!s"and4 A"sent !pon 5!"ic Empoyment
!ish you !ere here
miss you
!hen he lea'es on business (not in the poem
o she , alone to raise the "ids
o ta"e care of the house* property
o
in the !ilderness* 5e! orld* sa'ageso PL&
o she has bouts !#se'ere fatigue
metaphors* syndoche
o he , her head* heart* eyes* life* 3oy*
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from .nne )radstreet$s The Tenth Muse:
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