LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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a burning house.
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a humble dwelling place.
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a richly furnished, fireproof house.
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the ruins of her house.
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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 fled the house and watched as it, and all her possessions were destroyed. The speaker is at first thankful that she was saved from death by God. This is much more important to her than anything she lost. As time goes on though, she mourns for the physical items destroyed.
Detailed explanation-3: -The flame consume my dwelling place. And when I could no longer look, I blest His name that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust.
Detailed explanation-4: -In “Upon the Burning of Our House, ” fire alludes to the day of judgement. When the sound of fire is heard, Bradstreet acknowledges that this preparedness is her goal, “That fearful sound of ‘Fire’ and ‘Fire! ‘ / Let no man know is my desire” (311).