Anne Bradstreet

Charles So
English 48A
Journal for Bradstreet

Author Quote:
"I know whom i have trusted, and whom i have believed, and that He is able to keep that I have committed to His charge"(217)

Internet Quote:
"In spite of the eschatological framework that supported Bradstreet's daily life, she sometimes questioned the validity of the Puritan voyage and doubted the existence of God. But she ultimately learned to control her agonizing skepticism by committing herself to the religious values of her culture"("An American Triptych: Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Adrienne Rich by Wendy Martin found in Google Scholar search Anne Bradstreet)

Summary:
The first couple of poems i read for Bradstreet were about her husband then the lost of her grandchildren, in the poems there is much grief and sadness over the lost her grandchildren but in the end she talks about how they are going to heaven and it was God who made the decision to take them. The next couple were about some events in her life, and another about pilgrims. The last one i read was very intriguing because it is a letter for her children after her death explaining her belief of God and her religious adventure finding God. She asks her children in the letter to also find God in themselves as she did.

Personal Opinion:
In Bradstreets writing i found there was great belief in God and there was no sign that she had second thoughts about the religion she practiced. Bradstreets poems are very beautiful and religious which is great for the time. As i read, in her time period religion was the epicenter of everything in society, her religious context in poems have very deep romantic feeling to them and they often reflect on the positive aspects of Puritan beliefs such as a heaven and gods divine will.