Entry 4: Puritan Poetry

In Bradstreet's poem she sees God as being all mighty and whatever h does is always right. It is a very puritan point view, not many others would take it so easily and forgiving. As long as it was God's action or command it is right to her and all puritans. To me that seems very unreasonable because I agree with the Rationalists that we were created to find our own path, our own way of solving something. God is not there to give or take. God is only there as a guider giving only what he thinks we need to complete journey, not to take away. A rationalist would have written this poem differently, with less forgiveness and more reasoning as to way it has happened.  Why did the house burn down? If it was God who did it, why did God do it? Rationalist would try to find an answer instead of justifying it without reason. On the other hand a Deist would also be less forgiving, since they believe that God only creates and watches. A poem that is written by a Deist would probably contain more a more hateful tone, trying to find the reason or even blaming it on others. I personally would write the poem full of hate expressing every bit of ungratefulness I have. I do not believe that God has the write to take away as he pleases or if God even exists. It has a disheartened mood to it and not one of forgiveness.