This woman made a contribution, using her words to give the colonies dignity, at a time when women were considered incapable of writing poetry and prose.
I grew up reading Bradstreet's poetry and didn't know her poetry was so revolutionary for the New World, or that she's considered to be America's first poet. So cool! Thank you so much for telling such a beautiful story, and for giving us insight into what she struggled with. It is sad women still struggle with these very same things today. Her words bring great comfort <3
Very cool. Bradstreet was such a favorite of my grandmother’s, I remember her telling me all about Puritanical predestination and how it must have led to anxiety. I wasn’t allowed to read the book alone, she said there were “husband and wife” poems not for little girls, but she let me read certain ones to her. Lovely memories. Great Uncle Walt, with his gravely basso voice and thick Maine accent, sometimes read them to her, too, if a book was near to hand. If you can picture, take out all the R’s and replace them with “ah.” I guess that’s the nice thing about being eidetic, I can hear every syllable today.
Well written and really interesting. I have a deep admiration for writers that didn't have access to the technology we have today and still wrote great things!
I love this and learned as I read. Definitely improved my schema reading about Anne. Thank you, Mariella.
Thank you so much for reading! I’m glad you liked it! 🤍
A wonderful tribute to our first poet—too bad there are no portraits of her.
Yeah I was sad I couldn’t even really find a sketch. But it did give me the opportunity to look at some beautiful artwork!
what a story and that's real history right there!
Thank you for reading!
wow, learned something today!
I’m so glad! She was an impressive woman 🤍
I learned so much! Thank you. Our family migrated to America in the 1620's. Our first family member born here in 1627.
That’s so cool! Where did they come from?
England :) But before that divers places, France, Ireland, Norway.
I grew up reading Bradstreet's poetry and didn't know her poetry was so revolutionary for the New World, or that she's considered to be America's first poet. So cool! Thank you so much for telling such a beautiful story, and for giving us insight into what she struggled with. It is sad women still struggle with these very same things today. Her words bring great comfort <3
Thank you for the comment, and I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! 🤍
Very cool. Bradstreet was such a favorite of my grandmother’s, I remember her telling me all about Puritanical predestination and how it must have led to anxiety. I wasn’t allowed to read the book alone, she said there were “husband and wife” poems not for little girls, but she let me read certain ones to her. Lovely memories. Great Uncle Walt, with his gravely basso voice and thick Maine accent, sometimes read them to her, too, if a book was near to hand. If you can picture, take out all the R’s and replace them with “ah.” I guess that’s the nice thing about being eidetic, I can hear every syllable today.
Interesting post. For some contemporary unpublished verse, including one by Thomas Tilham who arrived eight years after Bradstreet, see
https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44807089.pdf
Well written and really interesting. I have a deep admiration for writers that didn't have access to the technology we have today and still wrote great things!