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In the poem "Verses upon the Burning of the House," the poet asks God to _____.

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In the poem ''Verses upon the Burning of the House,'' the poet asks God to promise the certainty of her salvation.
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This question is incomplete. Here is the complete question:

A)explain why her family has been punished

B)accept that she will no longer practice her devotion

C)promise the certainty of her salvation

D)replace her possessions that were destroyed

Answer:

The correct answer is option C)promise the certainty of her salvation.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Verses Upon the Burning of our House poem was written by Anne Bradstreet. In this poem she relates how one night her house began to catch fire until it was completely burned to the ground.

She is a person of great faith and does not care about the material, since she knows that all material is not something that she has, but rather is from God.

All she wants is the salvation of God, and a home in paradise.

We can see how she asks God to promise the certainty of her salvation in the following lines:

And to my God my heart did cry

To straighten me in my Distress

And not to leave me succourless

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