USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet (1612-1672) came to Massachusetts when she was eighteen years old. She was the first English woman in the Thirteen Colonies to publish a book of poems. Her poetry dealt largely with natural philosophy, physics and human nature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bradstreet’s earliest extant poem, “Upon a Fit of Sickness, Anno. 1632, ” written in Newtown when she was 19, outlines the traditional concerns of the Puritan-the brevity of life, the certainty of death, and the hope for salvation: O Bubble blast, how long can’st last?

Detailed explanation-3: -Anne Bradstreet, New England’s first published poet. Anne was the mother of eight children and wife of the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Anne’s collection of poetry was titled The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.

Detailed explanation-4: -She exhibits a strong Puritan voice and is one of the first notable poets to write English verse in the American colonies. Bradstreet’s work symbolizes both her Puritan and feminine ideals and appeals to a wide audience of readers.