LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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Question
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What does Anne Bradstreet criticize herself for in her poem?
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leaving a candle burning
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valuing her possessions too much
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not saving her child
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ignoring her husbands cries
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In her poem Bradstreet mostly criticizes herself for. Valuing material possessions too much. Bradstreet emphasizes both the things she has lost and. Her memories of happy occasions in the house.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -At the end of her poem, Bradstreet speaks about their death and hopes even after dying their love for each other will still exist. There is a strong division between her husband and God as marriage ends at death.
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