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Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
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by Anne Bradstreet
Introducing the Poem
Literary Focus: Metaphor
Literary Focus: Literary
Perspectives
Reading Focus: Analyzing Text
Structures: Inversion
Writing Focus: Think as a
Reader/Writer
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
by Anne Bradstreet
The Granger Collection, New York
How can people’s beliefs affect their actions?
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Introducing the Poem
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Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Introducing the Poem
In this poem, the speaker
awakens to shouts of “Fire!”
• She escapes from her burning
house and then watches the
flames consume it.
• The shock of losing her house
causes her to reflect on what
truly matters to her.
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Literary Focus: Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares
two unlike things without using like or as.
What is being compared in each of these sentences?
Our opponent’s defense
was an impenetrable wall.
The hawk, a bolt of
lightning, caught its prey.
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Literary Focus: Metaphor
The Puritans preferred a plain style of writing that
rarely included figurative language.
The Puritan’s plain style stressed
• simplicity
• clarity of expression
• the use of everyday words
A common and important device
used in Puritan literature, however,
is the implied metaphor.
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Literary Focus: Metaphor
An implied metaphor is a metaphor not directly
stated in the text.
Adorning her midnight blue
gown was a constellation of
jewels.
This sentence implies a
comparison between jewels
and stars, as well as between
the gown and the night sky.
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Literary Perspectives
Historical Context
Historicism is the study of how the circumstances
of a time period influence an author’s work.
Influences can be
• social
• economic
• cultural
• intellectual
• religious
• political
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Literary Perspectives
Historical Context
Considering Puritan beliefs about
earthly and spiritual existence,
how might a Puritan react to the
sudden loss of all of his or her
material possessions?
The Granger Collection, New York
The context of Bradstreet’s poem is the
seventeenth-century Puritan colonies in North
America.
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Literary Perspectives
Political Context
Analyzing literature’s political contexts often
includes the study of gender.
The study of gender
examines how concepts
of masculinity and
femininity influence an
author’s work.
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Literary Perspectives
Political Context
Puritan women’s influence was often limited to
the domestic sphere.
How might Bradstreet’s
identity as a Puritan
woman have influenced
her reaction to the loss
of her home?
The Granger Collection, New York
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Reading Focus: Analyzing Text Structures
Inversion is the reversal of the normal word
order in a sentence or phrase.
• Poets often use inversion to accommodate the
demands of meter and rhyme.
Normal order My pleasant things lie in ashes,
And I shall behold them no more.
Inversion “My pleasant things in ashes lie,
And them behold no more shall I.”
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Reading Focus: Analyzing Text Structures
Into Action: Use a chart to rewrite Bradstreet’s
inverted lines in normal, “noninverted” order.
Into Action: Inversion Chart
Line 1. Original Order In silent night when rest I took
Normal Order In silent night when I took rest
Line 2. Original Order For sorrow near I did not look
Normal Order
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Writing Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer
Find It in Your Reading
Implied metaphors are more difficult to identify
than directly stated metaphors.
Although most of Bradstreet’s images and words
are literal, some are metaphorical.
“Thou hast an house on high erect,
Framed by that mighty Architect, . . .”
As you read, look for images and terms that could
metaphorically represent other things or ideas.
Vocabulary
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of Our House, July 10, 1666
Vocabulary
piteous adj.: deserving pity or compassion.
consume v.: burn away; destroy.
vanity n.: something valueless.
glory n.: great beauty; splendor.
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Vocabulary
The word piteous means “deserving pity
or compassion.”
After observing the piteous
living conditions of our city’s
homeless men, women, and
children, the city council
vowed to take action.
What emotions are likely to have inspired the
council to take action?
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of Our House, July 10, 1666
Vocabulary
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B
C
Which of these animals might emit a piteous cry?
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of Our House, July 10, 1666
Vocabulary
The word consume means “to burn away or
destroy.”
The raging fire
continues to consume
acres of woodland
dried by recent
drought.
Is this fire leaving many trees standing intact?
How do you know?
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Vocabulary
Although the flood waters washed away Blanca’s
possessions and destroyed her home, it could not
consume her spirit.
Which of these words
best describes Blanca?
a. determined
b. pleased
c. depressed
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of Our House, July 10, 1666
Vocabulary
The word vanity means “something valueless.”
“The time and attention
you devote to socializing on
the computer is vanity,”
scolded Jose’s mother.
Does Jose’s mother
approve of his pastime?
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of Our House, July 10, 1666
Vocabulary
After serving in the Peace Corps, Jenna realized the
vanity of focusing on material goods.
Which of these activities
might appeal to Jenna?
a. a shopping spree
b. volunteering at the local
children’s shelter
c. buying a second car
Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning
of Our House, July 10, 1666
Vocabulary
The word glory means “great beauty or splendor.”
Tourists flock to the
Appalachian Mountains for
the scenic glory of the fall
foliage.
What adjectives—descriptive words—might the
tourists use when they describe what they see?
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of Our House, July 10, 1666
Vocabulary
The hikers were mesmerized by the glory of the
blazing sunset.
Which of these words
might best describe the
sunset?
a. boring
b. beautiful
c. frightening
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