This exercise require one to classify the text related to the poem - "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House" accordingly. See below for how each portion is classified.
<h3>How would one classify the following information?</h3>
The parts of the information would be classified as follows:
Theme of the poem
Trust not in earthy goods; trust only in the love of God
Our earthly home is not forever, but our heavenly home is for all eternity.
God's love sustains us in the pain and sorrow of loss.
Audience for the poem
a Christian from the early Colonial period of American history
a person who has suffered great unhappiness and misfortune
a person who values their material possessions over spiritual values
Inspiration for the poem
the burning down of Anne Bradstreet's home
Anne Bradstreet's realization that she put too much hope and trust in her earthly goods
