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AmericanLiteratureAmerican,NotEnglish,LiteratureColonialLiteratureAnneDudleyprobablywasborninNorthampton,England.ShemarriedSimonBradstreetwhenshewas16yearsold.TheysettledintheMassachusettsBayColonyin1630.AnnBradstreetwasthefirstimportantAmericanpoet.SheisbestknownforTheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica,acollectionofherpoems.ThisworkwasthefirstvolumeoforiginalpoetrywrittenintheAmericanColonies.ItwaspublishedinLondonin1650.ManyofthepoemsinTheTenthMusedealwithscienceandwithBradstreet'smoralandreligiousideas.HerworkalsoservesasadocumentofthestrugglesofaPuritanwifeagainstthehardshipsofNewEnglandcoloniallife,andinsomewayisatestamenttoplightofthewomenoftheage.However,herbestpoemsdescribehomelifeincolonialNewEngland.Theyinclude"Contemplations"and"OntheBurningofHerHouse."Bradstreetalsowrotesensitivepoetrytoherhusbandandchildren,including"ToMyDearandLovingHusband"and"MeditationsDivineandMoral."Anne'spoemswerewrittenmainlyduringthelongperiodsoflonelinesswhileSimonwasawayonpoliticalerrands.Anne,whowasawelleducatedwoman,alsospentmuchtimewithherchildren,readingtothemandteachingthemasherfatherhadtaughtherwhenshewasyoung.WhileitisrathereasyforustoviewPuritanideologyinabadlightbecauseofit'sattitudetowardswomenandstrictmoralcode,herindifferencetomaterialwealth,herhumilityandherspirituality,regardlessofreligion,madeherintoapositive,inspirationalrolemodelforanyofus.AnotheroneofAnne'smostimportantqualitieswasherstrongintuition,althoughonlysubtlyhintedatinherwork,probablyforfearofreprisalfromthedeeplyreligiousPuritancommunity,onecannothelpbutfeelherconstantfascinationwiththehumanmind,andspirit,andinnerguidance.Herstyleisdeceptivelysimple,yetspeaksofawomanofhighintelligenceandidealswhowasverymuchinlove,andhadunconditionalfaith.Whileitwasdifficultforwomentoairtheirviewsinthe17thCentury,AnneBradstreetdidsowithease,asherrichvocabularyandpolyvalentknowledgebroughtalyrical,yetlogicalqualitytoherworkwhichmadeitpleasantforanyonetoread.ToMyHusbandIfevertwowereone,thensurelywe.Ifevermanwerel