" For 10 points, name this early female colonial poet of "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House" and the collection The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.
This poet contrasted the cycle of the seasons with how man "grows old, lies down, remains once where he's laid" in "Contemplations," and also dealt with the seasons in one of a set of 4 poems about sets of 4, her "quaternions." In another of this writer's poems, the speaker "waken'd was with thund'ring noise", but is reassured, noting that "my hope and Treasure lie above." This poet wrote that "if ever two were one, then surely we" in her poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband." For 10 points, name this early female colonial poet of "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House" and the collection The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.
This poet contrasted the cycle of the seasons with how man "grows old, lies down, remains once where he's laid" in "Contemplations," and also dealt with the seasons in one of a set of 4 poems about sets of 4, her "quaternions."
Anne Bradstreet