Anne Bradstreet was the first American poet of British origin. She was the first woman writer whose poems were published in newly colonized America. His father, Thomas Dudley, worked in England as steward to the Earl of Lincoln. In 1628, Anne married Simon Bradstreet. In 1630, both families settled in America on the ship "Arabella". The trip lasted three months. In the New World, her father became governor of the colony of Massachusetts and was later succeeded by Anne's husband. Anne was in poor health and had a difficult journey. In 1666, the family suffered a violent fire which, among other things, almost completely burned the library where Anne received a good education (the library contained 800 volumes on history, theology, medicine and political science); There is even a poem by Bradstreet dedicated to this fire which caused so much harm to his family. Following these events, she developed tuberculosis and lost her daughter. He was supported by faith, will and the help of those close to him. Bradstreet's poetry is entirely religious. Being a pious woman, like everyone else at that time, she wrote poems claiming high morality and religious motives. His writings were very popular among the Puritans who began to colonize America. His Puritan belief was the reason for his special attitude towards his life, his soul and his sufferings. “She thought God was so hard on her because her soul was too in love with the world. She also wrote poems in which she asked God to watch over her children and her husband” (Gonzalez, 2000). Bradstreet's poems are full of clues to this belief in her. Anna herself especially appreciated the long religious poems and conventional plots belonging to her pen: the changing of the seasons, etc., while most modern readers love it with...... middle of paper ... ...e of her love to the world. Perhaps she believed that in this love for her she was becoming like God and that God was thus punishing her. Nevertheless, the presence of God in his poems is more than clear. Perhaps it was because of her religious beliefs that she thought it was wrong to feel too strongly about the world and saw herself as a sinner who deserved to be punished. Today there are few followers of Bradstreet, but she, her ideas and her thoughts on suffering still remain in modern books. Works Cited Bradstreet, A. and Kallich, M. (1973). A Book of the Sonnet: Poems and Reviews. New York: Twayne Publishers. Gonzalez, R. (May 11, 2000). Anne Bradstreet, 1612-1672. Published May 12, 2011, on UNCP.edu: http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/lit/bradstre.htmLauter, P. (1998). Anthology of American Literature. Chicago: Houghton Mifflin Company.