Here Follows Some Verses... In all of Anne Bradstreet’s poetry that we have read, she has taken an experience of hers and then dissected and related it to Christian and, more generally, Puritan merits. “Here Follows Some Verses,” is no exception. After the burning of her house 1666, Bradstreet wrote this poem. It expresses her longing for the house and the possessions that were consumed in the fire. The poem also shows the author’s …showed first 75 words of 437 total…

…showed last 75 words of 437 total…heaven and in doing so eases the pain of losing her home. Her faith is unshaken. It remains solid and always will because her heart tells her that heaven is so much greater than any worldly possession she could imagine. Even though she pines for her lost things, she quells her doubts with her faith. Posing the questions she does is a way for her to reassure her trust in God’s hands. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**