`Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666`

Remaining Faithful Through Hardship

In Anne Bradstreet 's poem Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House July 10th , 1666 ' the narrator voices her disbelief in the wake of a fire that destroyed her home , as well as her feelings of the loss . During the timeframe that Bradstreet wrote this poem , many if not most Americans were of puritan faith . They practiced a belief that a person must always be prepared for judgment day as it could happen at any moment . This poem is a clear reiteration of her the author

's faith and it calls to mind my experience in church and listening to the minister 's proclamations of what it meant to be faithful . It is both sad and reassuring as it ponders the true meaning of Christ 's sacrifice and the duty of faith that she believed in

In this poem , Bradstreet uses the burning of her house as a way to clarify and reinforce her faith . In line five , she writes , `fearful sound of fire ' and fire ' referring to the fires of hell as she awakens to her house burning down and believes it is judgment day . The line , Let no man know is my Desire (6 , reveals that she secretly longs for judgment day but does not want to let anyone know of her longing . She cries out for God 's aid in hard times with the words , to my God my heart did cry / To straighten me in my Distress / And not...