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  1. Download. The Full Text of “Verses upon the Burning of our House”. 1 In silent night when rest I took, 2 For sorrow near I did not look, 3 I waken'd was with thund'ring noise. 4 And piteous shrieks of dreadful voice. 5 That fearful sound of "fire" and "fire," 6 Let no man know is my Desire.

  2. ‘Verses upon the Burning of Our House’: context. Although she had been born in England in 1612, by the 1660s Bradstreet was living in Andover, Massachusetts. In 1630, just ten years after the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to the New World on the Mayflower, Anne and her husband left behind Boston, England and travelled across the Atlantic on the Arbella to establish a new settlement ...

  3. Analysis: “Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House”. Bradstreet begins in shock, startled from sleep to the reality that her home is on fire. The otherwise silent night is broken by the shouts of neighbors to alert her that her house is imperiled. For a devout Christian, this burning house is a sort of playing-out-in-miniature of the ...

  4. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of “Verses upon the Burning of our House” by Anne Bradstreet. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

  5. The Burning House. PDF Cite. Ann Beattie’s characters live in a world where most of the old certainties no longer obtain. Values have been shaken, religious beliefs overthrown. The passivity of ...

  6. Bradstreet, Anne. “ Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House.” 1672. Poetry Foundation. Summary. Anne Bradstreet recounts the night she lost her home in a devastating fire. It is the middle of a “silent night” (Line 1) when Bradstreet, contentedly sleeping with no thought of problems or sorrow, is roused by a “thund’ring noise ...

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