ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The author creates an extended metaphor of a “… house on high erect/ Frameed by that mighty Architect, ” (lines 43-44) which represents the home in heaven created by God. It is in this way Bradstreet is saying that though she is in despair over her loss, she knows that it is all in God’s predestined plan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ‘Mighty Architect’ aforementioned, in its metaphorical nature, links and compares God to an ordinary Architect.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bradstreet speaks of another “house” in an extended metaphor at the end of the poem. What is this house, who is its architect, and how is it more perfect than the house she has lost?-The house is heaven.-God is the Architect.

Detailed explanation-4: -The “mighty Architect” is God. (Lines 43-50) Lines 43-50 contain an extended metaphor. In your own words, summarize what you think the speaker is describing in the metaphor. She is describing a heavenly home, built by God for her.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bradstreet sees God as a just one even though he took all of her physical possessions. She takes His justness a step further by saying in lines 18 and 19 that even if He took all of her belongings, it would still be reasonable. Bradstreet also believes in a positive afterlife for herself and most people around her.