than a housewife. Anne Bradstreet‚ the first woman to have her poetry published as a resident of America was under public scrutiny at the time of her first publication. In her poem‚ “The Author of Her Book‚” Anne defended the quality of her works by acknowledging that they were published without consent and we also we get a glimpse into how the Puritans believed that women were not meant to be in the spotlight.
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In Anne Bradstreet’s book‚ “The Author to Her Book‚” a poem is metaphorically written about the struggles faced in motherhood. The author compares her book to a child‚ that she is later unsatisfied with‚ although her friends think it is good. The author tries to care for it‚ protect it‚ and wash its face just like a mother would care for her child. The mother (author) is far from perfect when it comes to parenting skills for this child (book). She feels as if her book will never be written the way
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Alexia Blair English August 29‚ 2013 Reading Response Bradstreet’s poem “The Author to Her Book” looks at the author’s humiliation at having her work published and exposed to the critical public. Bradstreet uses a child as a metaphor for her book. This explains when she is embarrassed when it is snatched from her and reflects on her as the mother. Regardless of the author’s attachment to her “child‚” she is still ashamed to send it out the door. Almost all the lines of the poem rhyme‚ this
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In her poem “The Author to Her Book‚” poet Anne Bradstreet portrays the feelings one feels as his or her work is read and criticized by others and the eventual acceptance of the faults in the writing. Bradstreet portrays this outlook on the creation process through the use of a metaphor comparing a written work- specifically a “book” in this poem –and a child. Bradstreet uses motherly language and words with a protective connotation in describing her “child” in order to reveal the speaker’s admiration
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Author is to Mother as Book is to Child In the poem‚ “ The Author to Her Book‚” Anne Bradstreet refers to her book like it is her child. Just like a mother critiques her child as she walks out the door‚ Bradstreet critiques her book before the second edition is published. The poem is her outlet for her emotions regarding the exposure of the first edition‚ which was published without her knowledge. Bradstreet uses a conceit supported by metaphors throughout the poem‚ to express maternal feelings
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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. The first two lines establish
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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 Bradstreet’s The Author to Her Book describes the complex attitude of the author - specifically the attitude of an author towards her work. Through use of a controlling metaphor‚ that of a child‚ Bradstreet manages to convey all of her feelings towards one of her works. In order to introduce the controlling metaphor of The Author to Her Book‚ Bradstreet begins by using words that allude to the idea of birth. Within line one‚ Bradstreet uses the phrase "offspring of my feeble brain" to show
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The Author to Her Book: Anne Bradstreet’s Significant Uses of Diction After reading Anne Bradstreet’s‚ The Author to Her Book‚ I initially understood the poem to explain a complex feeling of the speakers’ disdain and love‚ but mostly disdain towards her child. I knew there was something more to this poem; I was drawn in so much further than the first understanding I got from it. I originally didn’t notice the title‚ and with the title came a whole other dimension‚ or layer. I then interpreted the
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