Here herhome. Her faith is unshaken. It remains

Here herhome. Her faith is unshaken. It remains

Here Follows Some Verses…In all of Anne Bradstreets poetry that we have read, she has taken an experienceof hers and then dissected and related it to Christian and, more generally, Puritan merits.

Here Follows Some Verses, is no exception. After the burning of her house 1666,Bradstreet wrote this poem. It expresses her longing for the house and the possessionsthat were consumed in the fire. The poem also shows the authors solid faith in God. There is a minor conflict between her religious merits and her connection with her lostitems (namely her house).

This conflict spurs questions that irk analysis of theology. However, they are resolved before the end of the poem.The beginning of the poem is a wake up call. Bradstreet introduces the fire earlyin the poem, jolting our attention. She does this so that the sense of urgency she felt isconvey to the reader. The first thought that comes to Bradstreets mind is to ask God forhelp, And not leave her succorless.

This was her first and, for her, most naturalreaction to distress. Once she had escaped the house, she said that it was Gods will forthe house to burn. From this we see that the author is a pious woman with solid faith.

Soon after, we see that Bradstreet has a less religious side to her personality. After escaping from the house and looking at the ashes where her home once stood, shebegins to long for the material possessions consumed in the fire. The flow of the poem changes from shocking to sad when the Bradstreet surveysthe site and wherever she looks has memories of the things that once used to be there. There is a lot of repetition at this point. The words no and nor are repeated several timesbetween lines 28 and 34, stressing her pining for her home and the memories that shewill never have. The superficial side of Bradstreet shows itself for only a short time, however. Sheaccepts the fire as an act of God.

She glorifies God by calling her possessions worthless. She continues to look forward to heaven and in doing so eases the pain of losing herhome. Her faith is unshaken. It remains solid and always will because her heart tells herthat heaven is so much greater than any worldly possession she could imagine.

Eventhough she pines for her lost things, she quells her doubts with her faith. Posing thequestions she does is a way for her to reassure her trust in Gods hands