American poet Anne Bradstreet manipulates a vast‚ dizzying array of metaphoric techniques in her most widely known poem. “The Author to Her Book” is an extended metaphor comparing the relationship of an author and her writings to the relationship between a parent and a child. Throughout the text‚ Bradstreet employs similes and metaphors to capture the attitude emotions felt by Bradstreet and how it conflicts with the puritan society that frowns upon her appreciation of her talents and role as a poet
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Anne Bradstreets is an amazing poet of her time. The poem The Flesh and the Spirit is a struggle between two sisters that can never be separated‚ Flesh and Spirit-body and soul‚ ultimately ending in final peace. Their inflamed arguments are about the ideal values of life and what matters to the human race. Flesh is for riches‚ pleasure‚ and the publics eye. She values earthly items and her fulfillment of her wants. Spirit finds satisfaction is God and the thought of Heaven. Their fight ends up in
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Anne Bradstreet’s Criticism of the Male World in her “The Prologue” In her poem the Prologue‚ Anne Bradstreet sharply criticizes the male world for its unjust prejudice and hostility against the female world and female creativity. In order to criticize the male world‚ Anne Bradstreet uses such literary devices as irony and sarcasm. The tone of Anne is ironic throughout the poem. Her approach seems to be very polite but behind this polite attitude there lies a biting as well as pointed attack towards
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believe that Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672)‚ made major contributions to early American Literature through her poetry. Her poems stressed the daily struggles and stress of Puritan life. Bradstreet had struggled with the validity of the Scriptures‚ but through her life experiences she developed a strong belief in God. Bradstreet paved the way for future female writers. She used her poetry and writing skills to break through the stereotypes and the strict moral code that was placed on women in her time. Bradstreet
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In Anne Bradstreet’s poem “The Author to Her Book” she expresses her attitude of being embarrassed because sees so many flaws and mistakes in her writing‚ as a parent may see in their child but loving and apologetic because it is her own and she can’t make it better. Bradstreet’s use of the extended metaphor of the book being her offspring expresses her attitudes of embarrassment and love. The first metaphor is of her book to a child‚ this is the controlling metaphor. The first line: “Thou ill-formed
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Anne is maturing in regards to her relationship with her mom in many different ways. Anne is getting better with her and her mom’s relationship‚ in mostly good ways. Anne feels different about her now than from when they started hiding. Anne is maturing her and her mother’s relationship by how to manage her anger‚ starting to understand mummy‚ and move past the past. First of all‚ Anne realizes how many bad things she wrote about mummy in the past and talks a little about how harsh she was on mummy
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Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery” and Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” both are written in Puritan plain style‚ however Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery” displays a more puritanical message. These poets use apostrophe and metaphors to thoroughly describe the subject in which they were writing. “To My Dear and Loving Husband” is a poem that portrays Anne Bradstreet’s thoughts on her marriage. While Bradstreet writes about her love for her husband‚ Edward Taylor writes indirectly about his love
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on the tree‚ have burned low. 2. How does Anne-Marie’s story relate to Nora’s fears about losing her children? Nora is afraid of her children forgetting about her. Anne-Marie needed the work as a nurse‚ and she could not keep her children. Nora is already thinking about suicide or at least leaving the home to escape Krogstad. Annie-Mare shares that she has received letters from her daughter‚ and maybe Nora is imagining what the children will think of her after she is no longer in the
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one of her children (1650) Anne is the narrator‚ she wrote this poem to her husband‚ who is supposed to be the reader. She starts the poem with saying ”All thins within this fading world hath end” and goes on in the same line for the next three sentences‚ I think it is obvious to me that she means correctly‚ that no matter what‚ everything will eventually die. A few lines later in the poem‚ it is very clear that Anne express her concern‚ that she might die giving birth to one of her children ”How
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Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. 1. Explain the metaphor Bradstreet uses in the poem for her children. Give at least two specific examples from the poem. An example of a metaphor in Bradstreet’s poem would be that she compares her children as to baby birds that live in a nest. Another example is that she compares them growing up to a bird leaving the nest to take flight. 2. List the destinies of Bradstreet’s eight children. The destinies
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