Anne Bradstreet's 'The Author To Her Book'

Anne Bradstreet’s father made sure his daughter received a superior education. She sailed with Winthrop’s fleet to America. Life in America was hard for her. The new land developed problems, such as, hunger and illness. Anne Bradstreet had rheumatic fever as a child, but conceived eight children. Her husband traveled to England to negotiate with the King of England, which caused Anne Bradstreet to take on more responsibility in her family. Anne Bradstreet questioned if God really existed, until she saw miracles with her own eyes. She started writing poems at a young age for her father. It was a way for her father and her to bond. She continued to write throughout her life. Her brother-in-law took some of her poems and published them. She wrote an excellent poem titled, “The Author to Her Book.”

Anne Bradstreet’s poem titled “The Author to Her Book” tells a story of a woman who thought of an idea and decided to

When Anne Bradstreet writes “Till snatched from thence by friends,” she means her friends took her book and made it public. The phrase “Where errors were not lessoned (all may judge). At thy return my blushing was not small,” this shows that the writer is embarrassed over her mistakes in her writing and did not want people to see it in the first place. The writer wants to correct her errors, but feels that when she tries to correct all of her errors more errors are created. Anne Bradstreet shows this when she writes, “I washed thy face, but more defects I saw, and rubbing off a spot still made a flaw.” Also, Anne Bradstreet says, “And for thy mother, she alas is poor, which caused her thus to send thee out the door.” This phrase shows how the writer is poor and she did not have a choice, even though many people did not approve the book, she published it anyway to make as much money off of her book as she