I found when reading Bradstreet very delighted to see someone so curious about religion. She does not just follow everything the bible tells her to do, she follows with questions, which is how I usually retain information from the bible.
The prologue begins with a lot of her trying to find her own self-worth and how she fits into the world. Stanzas 1-4 really establish this by her telling herself what she can't or doesn't want to do. a little further on going into the 5th stanza she talks about her annoyance with the "status quo", and how this can keep her from being recognized for her poetry because of her gender.
During stanzas 14-19 she uses no and nor when writing about her house burning down. This suggests a negative place that she carries with this memory.
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