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Excerpted from “In Reference to her Children” by Anne Bradstreet

I had eight birds hatcht in one nest,
Four wingspans were there, and Hens the rest.
I nurst them up with pain and care,
No cost nor labour did I spare
Till at the last they felt their wing,
Mounted the Trees and learned to sing.


The author's purpose for writing is to

entertain the reader with a description of song birds.

entertain the reader with descriptions of her children.

persuade the reader to not have children.

teach the reader how to take care of children