<P> Verses upon the Burning of our House (full title: Here follow some verses upon the burning of our house, July 10, 1666) is a poem by Anne Bradstreet . She wrote it to express the traumatic loss of her home and most of her material . However, she expands the understanding that God had taken them away in order for her family to live a more pious life . She feels guilty that she is hurt from losing earthly possessions . It is against her belief that she should feel this way; showing she is a sinner . Her deep puritan beliefs brought her to accept that the loss of material was a spiritually necessary occurrence . She reminds herself that her future, and anything that has value, lies in heaven . Though she feels guilty, she knows that she is one of the fortunate ones who have salvation regardless; God gives it to his followers, and will help them fight their sin on this earth . The burning of her house was to fight her family's sins of material idols . </P> <P> The poem has a couplet - based rhyme scheme . It has many lines with an inverted syntax, making lines sound "odd". </P>

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