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A 4 page essay that examines the early American poetry of Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor. The writer argues that each poet recorded their reactions to colonial life in their verse, leaving a poetic legacy that offers a glimpse of what life was like in a seventeenth century early American colony. The picture of colonial life that emerges from their poetry is one that was extraordinarily hard, but also one in which colonials relied on their deep religious faith in order to face the numerous challenges of life in the New World. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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this life in their verse, leaving a poetic legacy that offers a glimpse of what life was like in a seventeenth century early American colony. The picture of colonial life
that emerges from their poetry is one that was extraordinarily hard, but also one in which colonials relied on their deep religious faith in order to face the numerous challenges
of life in the New World. In the poem "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," Anne Bradstreet voiced her fear that she would not survive childbirth. Today,
it is rare when a woman dies giving birth, but in earlier centuries, this was a common occurrence. Bradstreet begins the poem by commenting on the fact that there are
"no ties" strong enough, no friendships so dear, that death will not eventually severe those ties (line 3). With this in mind, Bradstreet then asks her husband to consider the
fact that death may soon part them, "How soon, my Dear, death may my steps attend/ How soont may be thy lot to lose thy friend" (lines 7-8). These lines
show the perspective of that time. The chances of not surviving childbirth were probably far greater than those for survival. She mentions also that, were she to die, her life
would end without seeing "half my days thats due" (line 13). This suggests that Bradstreet is giving birth in middle age, which she undoubtedly realized increased the risk of
complications. She asks her husband to remember her virtues and forget her faults, and to love their children, "my dear remains" (line 22). Bradstreet takes it for granted that her
husband will remarry, but she urges him to protect their children from "injury" from a stepmother (line 24). This poignant poem demonstrates dramatically how death was ever-present in early
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