
Review of "Verses upon the Burning of Our House"
Quiz by Tabitha Eastham
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This poem is full of _________ (Yoda speak)
Dunghill mists may fly ____.
The fire breaks out while she is ______ing. (write the whole word)
She scolds her _____.
She is concerned that she put her trust in the ___ of flesh.
She asks ___ to help her in her distress and not to leave her without assistance.
The thing she will miss most about not having a house is being able to have g______ at her house. (write the whole word)
She remembers that she has an eternal home framed by ___.
Anne Bradstreet says that she no longer wants to love the world, but instead, her hope and treasure lies _____.
Anne Bradstreet is awakened by someone s________ the word "Fire." (type the whole word)
What type of allusions appear in this poem?
Though her earthly home is destroyed, Anne Bradstreet is comforted that her heavenly home is unaffected because nothing can _______ it.
"mighty _________" is a metaphor for God.
When she can no longer look at her burning house, she blessed God's ____ that gave and took.
She is concerned that she fixed her hope on ____.
According to Anne Bradstreet, eternal life is a g____. (write the whole word)
She says that she needs to focus her ________ on heavenly things.
She says that her eternal home is purchased and paid for by the death and resurrection of Jesus ______.
The a_____ of the burned house will forever lie in silence. (write the whole word)
When she walks by the ruins of her house, she has the tendency to focus on all of the items she ____ in the fire.
She realizes that her things are lying in ashes, and she will not experience them ever _____.
She believes that it was just that her things lie in ashes because they were not ____, but instead, they belonged to God.
This fire happened on ____ 10, 1666.
___ is vanity.