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ANNE BRADSTREET

ANNE BRADSTREET. CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST EVER AMERICAN POET DAUGHTER OF PURITAN SEPARATISTS IN ENGLAND MARRIED AT 16 TO A PURITAN MINISTER EMIGRATED TO COLONIES AT 18 MOTHER OF 8 EXPOSED TO CONTEMPORARY POETRY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE—ONE OF HER INFLUENCES. Anne Bradstreet.

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ANNE BRADSTREET

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  1. ANNE BRADSTREET • CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST EVER AMERICAN POET • DAUGHTER OF PURITAN SEPARATISTS IN ENGLAND • MARRIED AT 16 TO A PURITAN MINISTER • EMIGRATED TO COLONIES AT 18 • MOTHER OF 8 • EXPOSED TO CONTEMPORARY POETRY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE—ONE OF HER INFLUENCES

  2. Anne Bradstreet ***POETRY WAS FROWNED ON BY THE PURITAN COMMUNITY—IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE AN IDLE VANITY THAT OPENED THE MIND TO THE DEVIL • BRADSTREET’S POETRY WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR AN AUDIENCE • SHE VIEWED POETRY AS A TOOL FOR SELF REFLECTION • POEMS WERE TAKEN WITHOUT HER PERMISSION BY HER BROTHER IN LAW—HE PUBLISHED THEM IN ENGLAND WITHOUT HER CONSENT • THE TENTH MUSE LATELY SPRUNG UP IN AMERICA

  3. LITERARY ELEMENTS • INVERSION: CHANGING THE NORMAL WORD ORDER OF A LINE OF POETRY IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE RHYME SCHEME OR METER • EXTENDED METAPHOR: JUST LIKE A REGULAR METAPHOR, BUT IT IS DEVELOPED OVER SEVERAL LINES OF POETRY • ALLITERATION: REPETITION OF CONSONANT SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNINGS OF WORDS

  4. LITERARY ELEMENTS • METER: PATTERN OF UNSTRESSED AND STRESSED SYLLABLES IN POETRY • IAMB: A FOOT OF POETRY CHARACTERIZED BY ONE UNSTRESSED SYLLABLE FOLLOWED BY A STRESSED SYLLABLE ASSUME FIRST THAT THE POEM IS WRITTEN USING IAMBS…THEN FIGURE OUT HOW MANY STRESSED SYLLABLES THERE ARE TO DETERMINE THE METER • --3 STRESSED SYLLABLES/LINE: TRIMETER • --4 STRESSED SYLLABLES/LINE: TETRAMETER • --5 STRESSED SYLLABLES/LINE: PENTAMETER • RHYME SCHEME: pattern of end rhyme used in a poem • Assign first line the letter “a” • If the second line rhymes with the first line, it is also “a” • If the second line doesn’t rhyme with the first, label it “b”

  5. “To My Dear and Loving Husband” • P. 139—due by end of mod • Table work: partner up—no more than three • Read thru poem • 1. Complete analysis of rhyme scheme and write out rhyme scheme pattern • 2. write out first two lines of poem and scan the meter (unstressed/stressed)—then determine what the meter of the poem is (trimeter, tetrameter, or pentameter) • 3. list all archaic language used in poem—and translate the archaic language to regular English • 4. list out three comparisons (similes or metaphors) that Bradstreet makes when comparing her love • 5. What do the last two lines of the poem mean?

  6. “Upon the Burning of Our House” Table Work—Partner Up and turn to p. 140 • Paraphrase (summarize in your own words) the following lines • 1-12 37-42 • 13-36 43-54 • Write out two lines of the poem, scan them, and determine the meter • Write out the rhyme scheme of the poem (hint: pattern repeats in each stanza) • Explain how Bradstreet feels at the end of the poem about • Her attitude toward wealth and material possessions • Her religious beliefs and values • Identify and explain the extended metaphor in lines 43-50. How does Bradstreet continue the metaphor over 7 lines of poetry? • Find one example of… • Alliteration • Visual imagery • Auditory imagery

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