Anne Bradstreet Poem Analysis

Anne Bradstreet wrote the poem Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666. Bradstreet was a Puritan who moved to America. She was the first person to publish poetry in the New World. The theme of this poem is that materials are worthless and the only thing that is worthy is going to Heaven in the afterlife. Bradstreet starts the poem at night while she was sleeping. She is awakened by …

…had the right to burn down the house because it was His. She defends God saying He was the one who gave so He has the ability to take it. Then Bradstreet believes that her house being burnt is a way to let her know that she shall go to Heaven. At the end she is convinced that the only thing worthy is her acceptance into Heaven and no longer care what the fire took.