Most people do not read Puritan literature today, but it did influence American literature to have a simpler style than British literature. And Anne Bradstreet is a great poet and many Americans read her poems today.
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Here is a youtube video with the great British actress Helen Mirren reading "To My Dear and Loving Husband" differently. It's only about a minute--check it out--you can read the words with the native speaker reading them!