LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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Herself
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God
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Her Husband
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The Fire
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Detailed explanation-1: -Figurative language in this poem includes the use of extended metaphor. Bradstreet speaks of another house. The Architect (or designer/builder) is God. This house is better than her earthly home because it is furnished with spiritual glory.
Detailed explanation-2: -(Lines 43-44) Who is the “mighty Architect” in this metaphor? The “mighty Architect” is God.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ‘Mighty Architect’ aforementioned, in its metaphorical nature, links and compares God to an ordinary Architect.
Detailed explanation-5: -As a Puritan she struggled to subdue her attachment to the world, but as a woman she sometimes felt more strongly connected to her husband, children, and community than to God.