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Anne Bradstreet - wikipedia Anne Bradstreet Jump to : navigation , search <Th_colspan="2"> Anne Bradstreet <Td_colspan="2"> A 19th - century painting portraying Anne Bradstreet at work Anne Dudley ( 1612 - 03 - 20 ) March 20 , 1612 Northampton , England September 16 , 1672 ( 1672 - 09 - 16 ) ( aged 60 ) Occupation poet Language English Nationality British Spouse Simon Bradstreet ( m . 1628 ) Anne Bradstreet ( March 20 , 1612 -- September 16 , 1672 ) , née Dudley , was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England 's North American colonies to be published . She is the first Puritan figure in American Literature and notable for her large corpus of poetry , as well as personal writings published posthumously . Born to a wealthy Puritan family in Northampton , England , Bradstreet was a well - read scholar especially affected by the works of Du Bartas . A mother of eight children and the wife of a public officer in the New England community , Bradstreet wrote poetry in addition to her other duties . Her early works read in the style of Du Bartas , but her later writings develop into her unique style of poetry which centers on her role as a mother , her struggles with the sufferings of life , and her Puritan faith . Contents ( hide ) 1 Background 1.1 Life 2 Writing 2.1 Background 2.2 Role of women 2.3 Reception 3 Literary style and themes 3.1 Background 3.2 Intended audience 3.3 Themes 3.4 Tone 3.5 Quaternions 4 Selected works 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links Background ( edit ) In a portrait painted by her later poems , Bradstreet is described as ' an educated English woman , a loving wife , devoted mother , Empress Consort of Massachusetts , a questing Puritan and a sensitive poet . ' Bradstreet 's first volume of poetry was The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America , published in 1650 . It was met with a positive reception in both the Old World and the New World . Life ( edit ) Anne was born in Northampton , England , 1612 , the daughter of Thomas Dudley , a steward of the Earl of Lincoln , and Dorothy Yorke . Due to her family 's position , she grew up in cultured circumstances and was a well - educated woman for her time , being tutored in history , several languages and literature . At the age of sixteen she married Simon Bradstreet . Both Anne 's father and husband were later to serve as governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . Anne and Simon , along with Anne 's parents , emigrated to America aboard the Arbella as part of the Winthrop Fleet of Puritan emigrants in 1630 . She first touched American soil on June 14 , 1630 at what is now Pioneer Village ( Salem , Massachusetts ) with Simon , her parents and other voyagers as part of the Puritan migration to New England ( 1620 -- 1640 ) . Due to the illness and starvation of Gov. John Endecott and other residents of the village , their stay was very brief . Most moved immediately south along the coast to Charlestown , Massachusetts for another short stay before moving south along the Charles River to found `` the City on the Hill , '' Boston , Massachusetts . The Bradstreet family soon moved again , this time to what is now Cambridge , Massachusetts . In 1632 , Anne had her first child , Samuel , in Newe Towne , as it was then called . Despite poor health , she had eight children and achieved a comfortable social standing . Having previously been afflicted with smallpox as a teenager in England , Anne would once again fall prey to illness as paralysis overtook her joints in later years . In the early 1640s , Simon once again pressed his wife , pregnant with her sixth child , to move for the sixth time , from Ipswich , Massachusetts to Andover Parish . North Andover is that original town founded in 1646 by the Stevens , Osgood , Johnson , Farnum , Barker and Bradstreet families among others . Anne and her family resided in the Old Center of North Andover , Massachusetts ( 1 ) . They never lived in what is now known as `` Andover '' to the south . Both Anne 's father and her husband were instrumental in the founding of Harvard in 1636 . Two of her sons were graduates , Samuel ( Class of 1653 ) and Simon ( Class of 1660 ) . In October 1997 , the Harvard community dedicated a gate in memory of her as America 's first published poet ( see last paragraph below ) . The Bradstreet Gate is located next to Canaday Hall , the newest dormitory in Harvard Yard . Memorial marker for Anne Bradstreet in the Old North Parish Burial Ground , North Andover , Massachusetts In 1650 , Rev. John Woodbridge had The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America composed by `` A Gentlewoman from Those Parts '' ( 2 ) published in London , making Anne the first female poet ever published in both England and the New World . On July 10 , 1666 , their North Andover family home burned ( see `` Works '' below ) in a fire that left the Bradstreets homeless and with few personal belongings . By then , Anne 's health was slowly failing . She suffered from tuberculosis and had to deal with the loss of cherished relatives . But her will remained strong and as a reflection of her religious devotion and knowledge of Biblical scriptures , she found peace in the firm belief that her daughter - in - law Mercy and her grandchildren were in heaven . Anne Bradstreet died on September 16 , 1672 in North Andover , Massachusetts at the age of 60 . The precise location of her grave is uncertain but many historians believe her body is in the Old Burying Ground at Academy Road and Osgood Street in North Andover . Four years after the death of Anne in 1672 , Simon Bradstreet married for a second time to a lady also named Anne ( Gardiner ) . In 1697 Simon died and was buried in Salem . This area of the Merrimack Valley is today described as `` The Valley of the Poets . '' A marker in the North Andover cemetery commemorates the 350th anniversary ( 2000 ) of the publishing of The Tenth Muse in London in 1650 . That site and the Bradstreet Gate at Harvard as well as the Bradstreet Kindergarten in North Andover may be the only places in America honoring her memory . As of 2015 , the Bradstreet Kindergarten was torn down in North Andover . Writing ( edit ) Background ( edit ) Bradstreet 's education gave her advantages that allowed her to write with authority about politics , history , medicine , and theology . Her personal library of books was said to have numbered over 9000 , although many were destroyed when her home burned down . This event itself inspired a poem titled `` Upon the Burning of Our House July 10th , 1666 '' . She rejects the anger and grief that this worldly tragedy has caused her and instead looks toward God and the assurance of heaven as consolation , saying : And when I could no longer look , I blest His grace that gave and took , That laid my goods now in the dust . Yea , so it was , and so ' twas just . It was his own ; it was not mine . Far be it that I should repine . Title page , second ( posthumous ) edition of Bradstreet 's poems , 1678 As a younger poet , Bradstreet wrote five quaternions , epic poems of four parts each ( see works below ) that explore the diverse yet complementary natures of their subject . Much of Bradstreet 's poetry is based on observation of the world around her , focusing heavily on domestic and religious themes , and was considered by Cotton Mather a monument to her memory beyond the stateliest marble . Long considered primarily of historical interest , she won critical acceptance in the 20th century as a writer of enduring verse , particularly for her sequence of religious poems `` Contemplations '' , which was written for her family and not published until the mid-19th century . Bradstreet 's work was deeply influenced by the poet Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas , who was favored by 17th - century readers . Nearly a century later , Martha Wadsworth Brewster , a notable 18th - century American poet and writer , in her principal work , Poems on Diverse Subjects , was influenced and pays homage to Bradstreet 's verse . Despite the traditional attitude toward women of the time , she clearly valued knowledge and intellect ; she was a free thinker and some consider her an early feminist ; unlike the more radical Anne Hutchinson , however , Bradstreet 's feminism does not reflect heterodox , antinomian views . Based on her poems , Bradstreet could also be considered to be a complementarian . An example of this is in her poem `` In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess Queen Elizabeth of Happy Memory '' , in which she praises Queen Elizabeth as proof that the common perceptions men held about women were wrong . She tends to focus on Elizabeth 's ability to excel in more masculine areas , such as war , as we see in the lines below . Her Victories in foreign Coasts resound ? Ships more invincible than Spain 's , her foe She rack 't , she sack 'd , she sunk his Armadoe . Her stately Troops advanc 'd to Lisbon 's wall , Don Anthony in 's right for to install . She frankly help 'd Franks ' ( brave ) distressed King , The States united now her fame do sing . In 1647 Bradstreet 's brother - in - law , Rev. John Woodbridge , sailed to England , carrying her manuscript of poetry . Although Anne later said that she did not know Woodbridge was going to publish her manuscript , in her self - deprecatory poem , `` '' The Author to Her Book `` '' , she wrote Woodbridge a letter while he was in London , indicating her knowledge of the publication plan . Anne had little choice , however -- as a woman poet , it was important for her to downplay her ambitions as an author . Otherwise , she would have faced criticism for being `` unwomanly . '' Anne 's first work was published in London as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America `` by a Gentlewoman of those Parts '' . Title page , The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America , printed at London , 1650 The purpose of the publication appears to have been an attempt by devout Puritan men ( i.e. Thomas Dudley , Simon Bradstreet , John Woodbridge ) to show that a godly and educated woman could elevate her position as a wife and mother , without necessarily placing her in competition with men . Very few men of that time agreed with that belief . Mistress Bradstreet endured and ignored much gender bias during her life in the New World . In 1678 her self - revised Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning was posthumously published in America , and included one of her most famous poems , `` To My Dear and Loving Husband '' . This volume is owned by the Stevens Memorial Library ( 3 ) of North Andover and resides in the Houghton Library ( 4 ) vault at Harvard . A quotation from Bradstreet can be found on a plaque at the Bradstreet Gate in Harvard Yard : `` I came into this Country , where I found a new World and new manners at which my heart rose . '' Unfortunately the plaque seems to be based on a misinterpretation ; the following sentence is `` But after I was convinced it was the way of God , I submitted to it and joined to the church at Boston . '' This suggests her heart rose up in protest rather than in joy . Role of women ( edit ) Marriage played a large role in the lives of Puritan women . In Bradstreet 's poem , `` To My Dear And Loving Husband , '' she reveals that she is one with her husband . `` If ever two were one , then surely we . '' The Puritans believed that since marriage is ordained by God , then it is a gift from God . She loves her gift so much that through the use of her poetry , she is able to express her love for God 's gift to her husband . In another of Bradstreet 's works , `` Before the Birth of One of Her Children '' , Bradstreet acknowledges God 's gift of marriage . In the lines , `` And if I see not half my days that 's due , what nature would , God grant to yours , and you ; '' Bradstreet is saying that if she was to die soon , what would God give her husband . She could be referring to him possibly remarrying after she dies . Another line shows that she believes that it is possible for her husband to remarry . By using the lines , `` These O protect from stepdame 's injury '' , Bradstreet is calling for her children to be protected from the abuse of a future step mother . The fact that Bradstreet believes that God will grant her husband with a new wife if she dies shows how much Puritan women believed in marriage and how God provided them with this gift . Throughout `` Letter to Her Husband , Absent upon Public Employment , '' Bradstreet states how she feels lost when her husband is not around and that life is always better when he is around . In Bradstreet 's poems , it can be assumed she truly loved her husband and missed him when he was away from her and the family . Often , when it came to the role women played throughout Puritan society , it can be assumed the women resented the husbands for they were considered more than the women . In this case , Bradstreet does not resent her husband for leaving her with the family and with all of the household needs ; she just misses him and wants him back with her . The primary roles of women in a Puritan society were to be wives and mothers , and provide the family with their everyday needs . Women were expected to make the clothing for the family , cook the meals , keep the household clean , and teach the children how to live a Puritan lifestyle . All of these tasks alone could keep a woman busy , yet they got it all done , and still would serve their husbands when they arrived home from work . With this being said , Puritan women were hard workers in everything they did . Some of Bradstreet 's works also show that the role of Puritan woman was for them to take care of their children . Various works of Bradstreet is dedicated to her own children . In works such as `` Before the Birth of One of Her Children '' and `` In Reference to Her Children '' , Bradstreet shows the love that she has for her children , both unborn and born . In Puritan society , children were also gifts from God , and she loved and cared for all of her children just as she loved and cared for her husband . She always believes they too are bound with her to make `` one . '' Reception ( edit ) Because writing was not considered to be an acceptable role for women at the time , Bradstreet was met with criticism . One of the most prominent figures of her time , John Winthrop , criticized Ann Hopkins , wife of prominent Connecticut colony governor Edward Hopkins . He mentioned in his journal that Hopkins should have kept to being a housewife and left writing and reading for men , `` whose minds are stronger . '' Despite heavy criticism of women during her time , Bradstreet continued to write which led to the belief that she was interested in rebelling against societal norms of the time . A prominent minister of the time , Thomas Parker , was also against the idea of women writing and sent a letter to his own sister saying that publishing a book was outside of the realm of what women were supposed to do . No doubt he was opposed to the writing of Bradstreet as well . These negative views were likely augmented by the fact that Puritan ideologies stated that women were vastly inferior to men . Literary style and themes ( edit ) Background ( edit ) Bradstreet let her homesick imagination marshall her store of learning , for the glory of God and for the expression of an inquiring mind and sensitive , philosophical spirit . We see examples of this homesick imagination in her poem `` Dialogue Between Old England and New '' which emphasizes the relationship between the motherland and the colonies as parental ; and gives assurance that the bond between the two countries will continue . It also implies that whatever happens to England will also affect America . The poem often refers to England as `` mother '' and America as `` Daughter '' , which emphasizes the bond Bradstreet feels herself to her home country . Alas , dear Mother , fairest Queen and best , With honour , wealth , and peace happy and blest , What ails thee hang thy head , and cross thine arms , And sit i ' the dust to sigh these sad alarms ? What deluge of new woes thus over-whelm The glories of thy ever famous Realm ? What means this wailing tone , this mournful guise ? Ah , tell thy Daughter ; she may sympathize . Intended audience ( edit ) Anne Bradstreet 's works tend to be directed to members of her family and are generally intimate . For instance , in Bradstreet 's `` To My Dear and Loving Husband '' , the poem 's intended audience is her husband , Simon Bradstreet . The focal point of this poem is the love that she has for her husband . `` I prize thy love more than whole mines `` . To Bradstreet , her husband 's love is worth more than some of the best treasures that this earth has to offer . She also makes it a point to show to her husband that nothing can fill the love that she has for her husband . The lines , `` My love is such that rivers can not quench , '' the rivers represent death , which she says the fire of her love is invulnerable to . The last line of the poem sums this up with the words , `` Then when we live no more , we may live ever . '' In `` A Letter to Her Husband Absent upon Public Employment '' Bradstreet writes a letter to her husband who is away from her working at his job . Bradstreet uses various metaphors to describe her husband . The most visible use of metaphor that Bradstreet uses is comparing her husband to the seasons . When summer is gone , winter soon arrives . Summer can be seen as a time of happiness and warmth . Winter on the other hand can be seen as being gloomy and cold . Bradstreet 's husband is her Sun and when he is with her it is always summer . She is happy and warm from the love that her husband brings when he is around . When her husband leaves home for work , everything then becomes winter . It is a sad , cold time for Bradstreet and she wishes for her husband to soon return . `` Return , return , sweet Sol , from Capricorn . '' She wants her husband to know that she needs him and without him everything feels gloomy . She is not concerned with what others think . It is not intended for anyone else except her husband . Bradstreet knows that the situation is inevitable , summer ca n't be around always and soon winter will follow . Her husband 's job is important . He ca n't be there always and he must go away at times . `` Till nature 's sad decree shall call thee hence . '' One thing that keeps her going is that even though they are far away from each other , they are one with each other . By reading Bradstreet 's works and recognizing her intended audience , one can get an idea of how life was for Puritan women . According to U.S. History.org Puritan women were required to attend worship services , yet they could not to speak or offer prayer . Women were also not allowed to attend town meetings or be involved in the decisions that were discussed . If Puritan women were to be seen and not heard in public , then one can say that most of their works are not meant for public consumption . Bradstreet was not responsible for her writing becoming public . Bradstreet 's brother - in - law , John Woodbridge , sent her work off to be published . Bradstreet was a righteous woman and her poetry was not meant to bring attention to herself . Though Bradstreet 's works are renowned in today 's world , it still was a great risk to have had her work published during the time in which she lived . Her being a published author would have not been considered as a typical role of the Puritan woman . Themes ( edit ) The role of women is a common subject found in Bradstreet 's poems . Living in a Puritan society , Bradstreet did not approve of the stereotypical idea that women were inferior to men during the 1600s . Women were expected to spend all their time cooking , cleaning , taking care of their children , and attending to their husband 's every need . In her poem `` In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess Queen Elizabeth of Happy Memory , '' Bradstreet questions this belief . `` Now say , have women worth ? or have they none ? Or had they some , but with our queen is 't gone ? Nay Masculines , you have thus taxt us long , But she , though dead , will vindicate our wrong , Let such as say our Sex is void of Reason , Know tis a Slander now , but once was Treason . '' Another recurring subject in Bradstreet 's work is mortality . In many of her works , she writes about her death and how it will affect her children and others in her life . The recurrence of this mortality theme can be viewed as autobiographical . Because her work was not intended for the public , she was referring to her own medical problems and her belief that she would die . In addition to her medical history ( smallpox and partial paralysis ) , Bradstreet and her family dealt with a major house fire that left them homeless and devoid of all personal belongings . She hoped her children would think of her fondly and honor her memory in her poem , `` Before the Birth of One of Her Children . '' `` If any worth or virtue were in me , Let that live freshly in thy memory . '' Bradstreet is also known for using her poetry as a means to question her own Puritan beliefs ; her doubt concerning God 's mercy and her struggles to continue to place her faith in him are exemplified in such poems as `` Verses upon the Burning of our House '' and `` In Memory of My Dear Grandchild '' . Her works demonstrate a conflict that many Puritans would not have felt comfortable discussing , let alone writing . In `` The Prologue , '' Bradstreet demonstrates how society trivialized the accomplishments of women . The popular belief that women should be doing other things like sewing , rather than writing poetry . `` I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits , A poet 's pen all scorn I should thus wrong . For such despite they cast on female wits : If what I do prove well , it wo n't advance , They 'll say it 's stol'n , or else it was by chance . '' Bradstreet challenged Puritan beliefs by announcing her complete infatuation with her husband , Simon Bradstreet . In a Puritan society it was improper to glorify romantic love . In `` To My Dear and Loving Husband , '' Bradstreet confesses her undying love for Simon saying `` Thy love is such I can no way repay , The heavens reward thee manifold , I pray . '' Her deep passions can be found again in `` A Letter to Her Husband , Absent upon Public Employment . '' Her overt affections for her husband help readers to understand Bradstreet 's temerity . Puritans believed that this kind of intense love would only stray someone further from God . Anne Bradstreet wrote in a different format than other writers of her time . This mainly is due to the fact that she wrote her feelings in a book not knowing someone would read them . In her poem `` A letter to my Husband '' she speaks about the loss of her husband when he is gone . `` I like the earth this season morn in black , my sun is gone . '' Here Anne is expressing her feelings of missing her husband when he is away . `` To my faults that well you know I have let be interred in my oblivious grave ; if any worth of virtue were in me , let that live freshly in they memory '' . Anne expresses the feeling she has of wanting her children to remember her in a good light not in a bad light . Tone ( edit ) Bradstreet often used a sarcastic tone in her poetry . In the first stanza of `` The Prologue '' she claims `` for my mean pen are too superior things '' referring to society 's belief that she is unfit to write about wars and the founding of cities because she is a woman . In stanza five Bradstreet continues to display irony by stating `` who says my hand a needle better fits '' . This is another example of her sarcastic voice because society during this time expected women to perform household chores rather than write poetry . Although Anne Bradstreet endured many hardships in her life , her poems are usually written in a hopeful and positive tone . Throughout her poem In `` Memory of My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet , '' she mentions that even though she has lost her grandson in this world , she will one day be reunited with him in Heaven . In `` Upon the Burning of Our House , '' Bradstreet describes her house in flames but selflessly declares `` there 's wealth enough , I need no more . '' Although Bradstreet lost many of her material items she kept a positive attitude and remained strong through God . Quaternions ( edit ) Bradstreet wrote four quaternions , ' Seasons ' , ' Elements ' , ' Humours ' , ' Ages ' and it is considered they made possible her ' development as a poet in terms of technical craftsmanship as she learned to fashion the form artistically ' . Bradstreet 's first two quaternions were her most successful rhetorical contrasts . The central tension in her work is the pull found in her quaternions between emotional delight in the multiplicity of the world and an intellectual assertion of its vanity . It is this pattern of tension that explains much of Bradstreet 's work . Selected works ( edit ) Before the Birth of One of Her Children A Dialogue between Old England and New A Letter to Her Husband , Absent upon Public Employment Another Another ( II ) For Deliverance From A Fever Deliverance from Another Sore Fit Contemplations ( poem ) In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess , Queen Elizabeth In Reference to her Children , 23 June 1659 The Author to Her Book The Flesh and the Spirit The Four Ages of Man ( quaternion ) Four Seasons of the Year ( quaternion ) Four Elements ( quaternion ) Of The Four Ages of Man ( quaternion ) The Four Monarchies ( quaternion ) The Prologue To Her Father with Some Verses To My Dear and Loving Husband Upon a Fit of Sickness , Anno 1632 Aetatis Suae , 19 Upon My Son Samuel His Going For England , November 6 , 1657 Upon Some Distemper of Body Verses upon the Burning of our House The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America ( 1650 ) and , from the Manuscripts . Meditations Divine and Morall , Letters , and Occasional Poems , Facsimile ed. , 1965 , Scholars ' Facsimiles & Reprints , ISBN 978 - 0 - 8201 - 1006 - 6 . An Exact Epitome of the Three First Monarchies ( 1650 ) ( a.k.a. Exact Epitome of the Four Monarchies ) References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Langlin , Rosemary . M ' Anne Bradstreet : Poet in search of a Form ' American Literature vol 42 no 1 Duke University Press Mer1970 Jump up ^ De Grave , Kathleen . `` Anne Bradstreet '' . The Literary Encyclopedia . First published 31 May 2006 accessed 29 April 2012 . Jump up ^ Nichols , Heidi , Anne Bradstreet P&R Publishing , Philipsburg , 2006 ISBN 978 - 0 - 87552 - 610 - 2 Jump up ^ `` Anne Bradstreet biography '' . annebradstreet.com . Archived from the original on 27 January 2007 . Retrieved 2007 - 01 - 25 . Jump up ^ Woodlief , A. ( n.d. ) . Biography of Anne Bradstreet . Retrieved September 1 , 2006 . 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Jump up ^ Atwood , Kathryn . `` The Works of Anne Bradstreet , Review by Kathryn Atwood '' . John Harvard Library . Retrieved 27 February 2012 . Jump up ^ Howe - Pinsker , Rebecca . `` Confession , Exploration and Comfort In Anne Bradstreet 's `` Upon the Burning of Our House July 10th , 1666 '' `` . Florida Gulf Coast University . Retrieved 27 February 2012 . Jump up ^ Eberwein , Jane Donahue ' Early American Literature ' vol 9 no 1 University of North Carolina Press Spring 1974 Jump up ^ Stanford , Ann ' Anne Bradstreet : Dogmatist and Rebel ' New England Quarterly Review no 39 Sept 1966 Further reading ( edit ) Cook , Faith , Anne Bradstreet Pilgrim and Poet , EP Books , Darlington 2010 ISBN 978 - 0 - 85234 - 714 - 0 Gordon , Charlotte , Mistress Bradstreet : The Untold Life of America 's First Poet , Little , Brown , New York 2005 ISBN 0 - 316 - 16904 - 8 Engberg , Kathrynn Seidler , The Right to Write : The Literary Politics of Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley . University Press of America , Washington D.C. , 2009 . ISBN 978 - 0761846093 Nichol , Heidi , Anne Bradstreet , A Guided Tour of the Life and Thought of a Puritan Poet , P&R Publishing , New Jersey 2006 External links ( edit ) `` The template below ( Library resources box ) is being considered for deletion . See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus . '' Library resources about Anne Bradstreet Online books Resources in your library Resources in other libraries By Anne Bradstreet Online books Resources in your library Resources in other libraries Wikisource has original works written by or about : Anne Bradstreet Wikiquote has quotations related to : Anne Bradstreet Works by or about Anne Bradstreet at Internet Archive Works by Anne Bradstreet at LibriVox ( public domain audiobooks ) Selected Works of Anne Bradstreet hypertext from American Studies at the University of Virginia . Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning by Anne Dudley Bradstreet , Boston : Printed by John Foster , 1678 , at A Celebration of Women Writers Full Text Links from the William Dean Howell Society Genealogical Record Audio : Robert Pinsky reads `` To My Dear and Loving Husband '' by Anne Bradstreet ( via poemsoutloud.net ) Audio : Charlotte Gordon discusses the life of Anne Bradstreet . Examples of Anne Bradstreet 's quaternions A site celebrating Anne Bradstreet 's 400th birth anniversary <Th_colspan="3"> Metaphysical poetry Major poets John Donne ( 1572 -- 1631 ) George Herbert ( 1593 -- 1633 ) Andrew Marvell ( 1621 -- 1678 ) Abraham Cowley ( 1618 -- 1667 ) Robert Southwell ( c. 1561 -- 1595 ) Richard Crashaw ( c. 1613 -- 1649 ) Thomas Traherne ( 1636 / 1637 -- 1674 ) Henry Vaughan ( 1622 -- 1695 ) Minor poets Anne Bradstreet ( c. 1612 -- 1672 ) Thomas Carew ( 1595 -- 1640 ) George Chapman ( c. 1559 -- 1634 ) John Hall ( c. 1627 -- 1656 ) Edward Herbert ( 1583 -- 1648 ) Richard Leigh ( 1649 - 1728 ) Katherine Philips ( 1632 -- 1664 ) Sir John Suckling ( 1609 -- 1642 ) Edward Taylor ( c. 1642 -- 1729 ) Critics Samuel Johnson T.S. Eliot <Th_colspan="2"> The Dudley -- Winthrop family tree <Td_colspan="2"> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . 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