 This is suggested to be a heavily motivating factor in her writing of "Divine Songs".The volume, "Divine Songs and Meditacions" is, itself, divided into many semi-independent "songs" and "meditacions" that range in style and subject matter.Most deal directly with religious matters, but there are several portions, notably "A song composed in time of the Civill Warr, when the wicked did much insult over the godly," that focus directly on the political environment of English circa the English Civil War.