Anne Bradstreet Summary

Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
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Anne Bradstreet was truly a poet of her time, although according to her biography she was not viewd as that. Anne Bradstreet was a puritan. She came over to North American in 1630 with John Winthrop. Due to the puritanical ways of thinking, her work was frowned upon by the rest of the puritans. The puritans did not really believe in women having any kind of say so or doing anything even close to what Anne Bradstreet Loved to do. She actualy expresses this in her poem, "The Author to her Book." When reading that poem it does not appear like that. It seems that she is speaking of her child who she is ashamed of, but it turns out, she is speaking of her child, not how one would think though. She is speaking of her work, and due to those, puritanical views, she most likely did feel embarassed or ashamed of her work from time to time, but she still loved what she did.
She was married to a govenor, the same govenor who she wrote about in her poem, "To My Dear and Loving Husband." Her husband left the home a lot due to his dutties, leaving Anne at home with her 14 children. While he was gone Anne missed him a lot, and she wrote this poem, which expressed her deep love for him. Anne Bradstreet died at the age of 60 due to an illness, but she was one great poet, who knew how to create poems that touched people's hearts.