English

Leonard Haynes

27 December, 11:33

Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan who lived during Colonial America. Her poems reflected elements of her personal life. In this poem, her house has burned and she has lost all of her possessions. Read the last two stanzas (lines 43-54). How do these lines reflect aspects of her Puritan beliefs? A) She relies on her own work ethic to build her another house. B) She is so distraught that she wishes she had died in the fire. C) She knows that her permanent home is waiting for her in heaven. D) She prays for an architect from town to come build her a new home.