Anne Bradstreet: "Upon the Burning of our House" - Read Flashcards
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- even though the archaic language can be difficult to relate to, remember that this is someone’s poem about their house and their most prized possessions burning to the ground. look at how many adjectives convey a wide range of emotions throughout the text
- spotting archaic language can be tricky; sometimes it just takes practice to recognize words that are no longer used versus words you simply don’t know, but you can also consult lists of common used archaic words and study them as you do other vocabulary words to help you prepare for writers like Bradstreet and Shakespeare
- to help you recognize archaic words, it might help to think about modern words that could become archaic in order to better understand the concept
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who is Bradstreet addressing in lines 38-50
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- herself, her own heart
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Bradstreet’s use of “e’er” in her poem is a good example of
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- a poetic device to shorten a word to give the line a better meter
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a good example of archaic language in Bradstreet’s poem is
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- the arm of flesh didst make thy trust
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who is bradstreet addressing in lines 29-36
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- her house
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a good example of archaic language in Bradstreet’s poem is
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- in silence ever shalt thou lie
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who is bradstreet addressing in lines 1-31
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- the reader
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a good example of archaic language in Bradstreet’s poem is
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- yet by his git is made thine own
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archaic language is
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- language that isn’t used anymore
