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Why does Anne Bradstreet feel indebted to her father?

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Anne feels indebted to for father because of all the chances he had given her to become what she is today.

Step-by-step explanation:

Anne Bradstreet’s poem, ‘To her Father with some verses’ is a poem where she depicts her father as a man who always stood by her side and the one who truly admired her work.

Anne says that whatever she has become, it is only because of his father. And which is why she feels indebted and she wants to pay him back. The last line of her poem is ‘Such is my debt I may not say forgive, but as I can, I'll pay it while I live.’ This indicates that Anne owes her father everything, and she will repay it until her last breath.

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