Anne Bradstreet's Life as Reflected in her Selected Poems

Poetry was a literary work that describes about author's behaviors based on the feeling and experience in her life. Poetry also holded a high beautiful value, in its shape as well as in its meaning. While the meaning was the contents or the message found in the poetry.The purpose of this research were to find out the meanings and Anne Bradstreet’s life reflected in her selected poems. The writer took six slected poems.In this research, the writer uses expressive theory, that is supported byhistorical biographical, because it is related to history of author life. In collecting data, the writer uses qualitative method that takes is explained descriptively.The result of this research were the first poem is tells about her love when she felt happy after marry with someone who she loves. The second poem is about sadness the beginning of her life when she moved to America. The third poem is about her fear of having to face death during childbirth, the fourth poem is tells about the nature of God and his admiration for God. The fifth poem, this poem tells about describes feeling worried about her husband going to work in England, and the last poem tells about sadness when a fire broke out in their house.