The document discusses several topics related to literature and poetry in colonial America: - Religion played a prominent role in colonial America, with early New England settlers bringing Puritanism and creating a social order centered around religious belief. - Anne Bradstreet was one of the earliest colonial writers and the first woman poet published in colonial America. Her poems covered a wide range of subjects both sacred and secular. - American literature began with Native American oral traditions like myths, legends, and songs that varied widely between different tribes and languages. There was no written literature before European arrival.