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“Verses upon the Burning of our House”

Anne Bradstreet

November 9th, 2015DO NOW

Choose your favorite song, and tell me what it means to you, and what is the point the artist is trying to make?

SWBATUnderstand cultural characteristics and

the author’s intentionIOT

Comprehend essential information while reading

ACTIVITYRead & listen to poem, complete plain

style chart

PuritanVery educated for a woman in that timeSailed to America in 1630Poems published 1650:“The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, by a Gentlewoman of those Parts”

“America’s first poet”First female poet published in London & America

Anne Bradstreet

Repine-express discontent Bereft-sorrowful through loss or deprivation Sufficient-of a quantity that can fulfill a need or

requirement Sate- fill to contentment Recount- narrate or give a detailed account of Adieu- a farewell remark Chide- censure severely or angrily Abide-dwell Glory- brilliant radiant beauty Vast- unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope

Vocabulary

“Verses upon the Burning of our House ” First person perspectiveWhat are the tones, and main theme? Who did she write for, who was her

audience ?

Everyday language Simple sentences Direct statements Biblical references

Plain StyleA way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity in expression

When the words appear in an unusual order

Inversion

Example of Inversions “In silent night when rest I took” (line 1) “My pleasant things in ashes lie,” (line 27)“And them behold no more shall I.” (line 28)

Restatement of Inversion“In silent night when I took rest” (line 1)“My pleasant things lie in ashes” (line 27)“And I shall behold them no more”(line 28)

Metaphor- figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using like or as

Example: Thou hast a house on high erect Frameed by that mighty Architect

Implied metaphor- compares two unlike things, but it does so without mentioning one of them.

Example: Raise up thy thoughts above the sky There’s wealth enough, I need no more,”

Metaphor

Symbolism- a word, an image, or anything that somehow represents a larger idea.

Example (lines 29-32):

Under thy roof no guest shall sitNor at thy Table eat a bit.

No pleasant talk shall ‘ere be toldNor things recounted done of old

Giving the house these characteristics, and having the narrator speak to it, Bradstreet evokes the emotional emphasis people tend to put on their possessions. Houses are sacred. They symbolize warmth, security, family, and comfort..

Symbolism

Finish plain style worksheet together Work individually, as a pair, or in a group to create

a plain style narrative about something that you have lost

Activities