Mia Price Journal Entry 2 09/21/13 In Anne Bradstreets Verses upon the Burning of our House, Bradstreet discusses

the significance of the personal items lost versus the significance of the almighty God and the Heavens. In the beginning of these versus, Bradstreet asks God to simply leave her necessities, putting some importance on world possessions. However, after realizing that she had lost everything, she comes to the acceptance that none of the possessions are truly hers, instead they are Gods. The thing most important to her is God and the glory she shall receive upon reaching the Heavens. This poem displays Puritan beliefs by shunning out the idea that the possessions lost in the fire ever truly belonged to Bradstreet. Instead of repining over these lost goods, Bradstreet sees that these possessions where luxurious and sinful. Moreover, now that God has reclaimed his possessions, she recalls that all the possession needs, already paid for, will be in the Heavens. These permanent things in the Heavens are all she needs, and she states that all her hop and Treasure lies above. This shows that she knows that she must wait for her true possessions above.