Two Poems by Anne Bradstreet

On first glance, it might appear that the speaker in "Husband" is saying that her love for her mate and his for her are all that she needs to be happy in this world, but the poem's last three lines show that the speaker is, finally, focused not on this life but the one to come. The speaker in "House," on first glance, appears to be distraught at the material losses she (and her husband?) endured in the burning of the house and their belongings.

Once again, however, it becomes clear that the speaker gains spiritual sustenance from the experience as she turns toward God and Heavenly rather than merely earthly rewards. Both speakers, then, after first seeming to focus on earthly concerns (love and loss), in fact finally make clear that their heart lies with God and Heaven rather than with anything here on earth.

The speaker in "House" is awakened in the night by fire. Her house is burning. She is frightened and immediately cries to God (line 8), "To strengthen me in my distress/ And not to leave me succorless" (9-10). She wavers between her sense of loss for the h

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