LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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the people who escaped the fire
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the new home that neighbors are building for her
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her memories of happy occasions in the house
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the items she has rescued from the flames
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Detailed explanation-1: -The speaker, generally taken as Bradstreet herself, grieves the loss her home and all her material possessions, but also argues that this tragedy was God’s way of teaching her a spiritual lesson about the value of piety and faith.
Detailed explanation-2: -She attempts to justify the loss of her home as a necessary action taken by God, perhaps as punishment for a lifestyle that was too focused on material wealth and comfort. It is remarkable that after such a traumatic event, the beginning of the poem attempts to justify what has happened as God’s lesson.
Detailed explanation-3: -What spiritual truth does Bradstreet learn from the burning of her house? God is the only thing she needs, treasures lay in heaven and not on earth.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the poems “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of Our House” the author Anne Bradstreet allows the reader a glimpse of what she values. The two poems are alike because they both explore her religion and show her love for God.