Question

Which is one possible reason Anne Bradstreet used the poetic device of irony in her poems

Answer 1

Anne Bradstreet uses irony in her poems because she wants to disguise the beliefs that society is going to criticize. Her favorite themes in her poetry are: devotion and worship to God, equality of women and the salvation of the soul in the hereafter. One subject that she almost never uses is the Catholic and ritual tradition.