During the period of time when the role of women was that of a "helpmate", and their most complicated job entailed simple household tasks, Anne Bradstreet broke these barriers and became the first published poet from the English colonies. The poet Anne Bradstreet wrote about her life an...

Quotes Early American and Puritan Literature Taken From Anne Bradstreet's "Here Follow Some Verses on The Burning of Our House, July 10th,1666 1. "I blest his name that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust, Yea, so it was, and so 'twas just.&qu...