Question

Upon the Burning of my

House

Anne Bradstreet

First Box

1. What's she doing when the fire

started?

2. What does she hear?

3. What was her first reaction?

In silent night when rest I took,

For sorrow near I did not look,

I waken'd was with thundering noise

And Piteous shrieks of dreadful voice.

That fearful sound of fire and fire.

Let no man know is my Desire.

I, starting up, the light did spy,

And to my God my heart did cry

To strengthen me in my Distress

And not to leave me succorless.

Then coming out beheld a space,

The flame consume my dwelling place.

And, when I could no longer look,

I blest His Name that gave and took,

That laid my goods now in the dust:

Yea so it was, and so 'twas just.

It was his own it was not mine

Second Box

1. Who is she blessing and why?

What is her mood by the end of

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1. What's she doing when the fire started? We are told from the poem that she was lying on her bed to sleep.

2. What does she hear? The poem tells us that while sleeping on her bed, loud noise and screaming of Fire were heard by her.

3. What was her first reaction? We are told in that anxious moment, her first reaction was to pray for God's help.

4. Who is she blessing and why? In more appropriate terms, she is thanking God. She does this because she thinks God is the one responsible for the fire that burns her house.