Anne Bradstreet wrote this poem to her husband in the ninth month of a pregnancy. Giving birth in that wilderness in those years was a risky business, and Bradstreet feared she wouldn't survive it, and she wrote this poem to speak to him
Everything in the natural world will be destroyed.
She starts saying there is sadness in the joy of her new child because of high mortality rate when giving birth.
No one can escape death.
Anne Bradstreet wrote poetry, focusing more on personal experience and everyday life.
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She wrote 30 pieces in all.
The birth daye is not known but she was baptized July 20, 1591. Her birth was probably a few days or weeks before that.
The speaker in the poem "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" by Anne Bradstreet is the poet herself, Anne Bradstreet. The poem is a reflection on impending motherhood and the fears and hopes that come along with it.
All 8 of Anne Bradstreet's children survived to adulthood, but I couldn't find out any details. Sorry.
the maternal fears , love and hopes she expresses will bring true to the minds of modern women who is expecting a child
In Anne Bradstreet's poem "In Reference to Her Children," she compares her children to treasures, jewels, and flowers, highlighting their value and importance in her life.
birds
birds
her children
Anne Bradstreet died in 1672, long before the invention of photography.
Anne Bradstreet's accomplishments
Bradstreet was born Anne Dudley in Northampton, England
Anne Bradstreet met her husband, Simon Bradstreet, while living in England. They married in 1628. Simon Bradstreet later emigrated to America, and Anne followed him there in 1630.
In the poem Anne Bradstreet wrote for her children she uses the metaphor of birds in a nest to describe her children and how she protected them and when they get big they are going to leave her nest.