Anne Bradstreet

" In Reference To My Children"

The love and concern that Anne bradstreet is able to convey in her poem "In Referrence to My Children" captivated me and left the strongest impression. Even though this love and concern can be found in most of her other poems for different people and things, it is most powerful in this poem because of her attachment to her children that I can relate with my mothers own attachment to me. I also find it to be most fasinating that she is able to show her attachment while staying in her own beliefs but still has a sense of freedom.

Extention Through Political Cartoon

The right for women to vote evoked a transition that would be conveyed as unnatural to the "normal" family. As seen in the cartoon, the two children are bewailing to be with their mother as the father presented with a look of inadequacy. This proves how the children are naturally drawn to the love and comfort of their mother opposed to their father who is incapable to perform the duties of taking care of the children due to the lack of experience. Anne Bradstreet never really had the chance to just leave her children home with their father but instead her poems captivated the being a free mother and able to leave her children and her duties just for just a moment. Also depicted in the cartoon is a banner for womens voting rights. The banner is a symbolic represention of a womens freedom to vote and their transtion into the unnatural role as a working provider for the family. Much like Anne Bradstreet whos writting symbolizes her freedom and right to express herself.