Anne Bradstreet is America’s first poet, and the first woman to be published in the United States of America. Anne Bradstreet was actually born in England. Anne, her parent’s, and her husband sailed to the United States in 1630. In 1650 Anne’s brother-in-law published her poems in London and then in the United States. The title of her first book of poetry is “The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, by a Gentlewoman of those Parts.” Anne’s poetry is a testament of the Puritan faith in response to the hardship of life in Colonial America.

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“Verses upon the
Burning of our
House”
Anne Bradstreet

3. November 9th, 2015
DO NOW
Choose your favorite song, and tell me what it
means to you, and what is the point the artist
is trying to make?
SWBAT
Understand cultural characteristics and the
author’s intention
IOT
Comprehend essential information while
reading
ACTIVITY
Read & listen to poem, complete plain style
chart

4. Puritan
Very educated for a woman in that time
Sailed to America in 1630
Poems published 1650:“The Tenth Muse
Lately Sprung Up in America, by a
Gentlewoman of those Parts”
“America’s first poet”
First female poet published in
London & America
Anne Bradstreet

5.  Repine-express discontent
 Bereft-sorrowful through loss or deprivation
 Sufficient-of a quantity that can fulfill a need or
requirement
 Sate- fill to contentment
 Recount- narrate or give a detailed account of
 Adieu- a farewell remark
 Chide- censure severely or angrily
 Abide-dwell
 Glory- brilliant radiant beauty
 Vast- unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
Vocabulary

6. “Verses upon the Burning of our House ”
 First person perspective
What are the tones, and main theme?
 Who did she write for, who was her
audience ?

7.  Everyday language
 Simple sentences
 Direct statements
 Biblical references
Plain Style
A way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity in expression

8.  When the words appear in an unusual
order
Inversion
Example of Inversions
“In silent night when rest I took” (line 1)
“My pleasant things in ashes lie,” (line 27)
“And them behold no more shall I.” (line 28)
Restatement of Inversion
“In silent night when I took rest” (line 1)
“My pleasant things lie in ashes” (line 27)
“And I shall behold them no more”(line 28)

9.  Metaphor- figure of speech that compares two
unlike things without using like or as
Example: Thou hast a house on high erect
Frameed by that mighty Architect
 Implied metaphor- compares two unlike things, but
it does so without mentioning one of them.
Example: Raise up thy thoughts above the sky
There’s wealth enough, I need no more,”
Metaphor

10.  Symbolism- a word, an image, or anything that somehow
represents a larger idea.
Example (lines 29-32):
Under thy roof no guest shall sit
Nor at thy Table eat a bit.
No pleasant talk shall ‘ere be told
Nor things recounted done of old
Giving the house these characteristics, and having the narrator
speak to it, Bradstreet evokes the emotional emphasis people tend
to put on their possessions. Houses are sacred. They symbolize
warmth, security, family, and comfort..
Symbolism

11.  Finish plain style worksheet together
 Work individually, as a pair, or in a group to create a plain
style narrative about something that you have lost
Activities