Anne Bradstreet was one of the first female poets in the early Americas. She wrote The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America in 1650, and this collection of poems is considered the first book of original poetry written in colonial America. In her Poems she talks about her love of God, and her respect for life. Although some of Bradstreet’s verse is conventional, most of it is direct and shows a sensitivity to beauty. …showed first 75 words of 1409 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1409 total…and she was brave enough to show her own thoughts on her society, which was also something looked down upon. It took Bradstreet a great deal of effort to become the writer that she was. Today she is known for her realistic, yet formal poems that show the beauty of life and her respect for it. She was a rare happening in the early colonies and she worked hard to achieve her place in history.