Poetry and Ann Bradstreet
Edward Taylor and Ann Bradstreet Study Questions
For Lesson Notes (1-7) and for Lesson Completion (8-13)
Part One (To complete upon viewing the ppt. presentation)
1) Based on what we know about the Puritans and how they viewed worldly objects and creative expression, why would it seem ironic that there are several among them who remain influential poets today? It would seem ironic because they had left few personal belongings behind them, but puritans confined within their culture so they can have a personal attachment.
2) A. Identify two similarities in the lives of Edward Taylor and Ann Bradstreet. B. Identify one to two key differences in their lives. Two similarities are they came with Puritans upbringing and they had hard lives. The Differences is Taylor had college experiences and politics and he saw his personal poetry as worship. Rather than Bradstreet she had a hard life she did experience politics but wasn’t as many as Taylor. She also wrote for herself in her poetry.
3) What two literary techniques are included in most of Edward Taylor’s poetry, and what are characteristics of these techniques? His literacy techniques where Conceit and Apostrophe, Conceit is an extended metaphor that typically draws and abstract comparison between two seemingly and dissimilar objects. While apostrophe is a literacy technique in which the speaker or writer breaks off into direct speech with imaginary person or an abstract quality or idea.
4) Although she was deeply religious, what else did Ann Bradstreet show appreciation for in her poetry? How might this have been a struggle for her living as a Puritan? She demonstrated appreciation for the material and natural world. Because they thought personal emotions was dangerous.
5) What poetic structure did Ann Bradstreet often use? Where have you seen this technique before? She often used iambic Pentameters as her technique. I have seem this technique in Dr. Seuss Books.
6) Use each of the
For Lesson Notes (1-7) and for Lesson Completion (8-13)
Part One (To complete upon viewing the ppt. presentation)
1) Based on what we know about the Puritans and how they viewed worldly objects and creative expression, why would it seem ironic that there are several among them who remain influential poets today? It would seem ironic because they had left few personal belongings behind them, but puritans confined within their culture so they can have a personal attachment.
2) A. Identify two similarities in the lives of Edward Taylor and Ann Bradstreet. B. Identify one to two key differences in their lives. Two similarities are they came with Puritans upbringing and they had hard lives. The Differences is Taylor had college experiences and politics and he saw his personal poetry as worship. Rather than Bradstreet she had a hard life she did experience politics but wasn’t as many as Taylor. She also wrote for herself in her poetry.
3) What two literary techniques are included in most of Edward Taylor’s poetry, and what are characteristics of these techniques? His literacy techniques where Conceit and Apostrophe, Conceit is an extended metaphor that typically draws and abstract comparison between two seemingly and dissimilar objects. While apostrophe is a literacy technique in which the speaker or writer breaks off into direct speech with imaginary person or an abstract quality or idea.
4) Although she was deeply religious, what else did Ann Bradstreet show appreciation for in her poetry? How might this have been a struggle for her living as a Puritan? She demonstrated appreciation for the material and natural world. Because they thought personal emotions was dangerous.
5) What poetic structure did Ann Bradstreet often use? Where have you seen this technique before? She often used iambic Pentameters as her technique. I have seem this technique in Dr. Seuss Books.
6) Use each of the