Anne Bradstreet

Reflection

"In Reference to Her Children" by Anne Bradstreet would have to be my personal favorite out of all her works we have studied. This is because of the strong metaphors she uses through out the poem like describing her eight children as "birds". I would also say in this poem there is a little bit of "motherly bragging" which I think is actually an emotion that helps me understand my own Mother and how she brage to her co-workers (haha). This for me cam in the line "No cost or labour did I spare" showing her pride and effort in raising her children well. Three of her children are to young to leave the "nest" yet five have gine and then her emotions really spill. I feel like this poem shows emotion to its fullest from Anne and if anything, it has helped me understand my own Mother a little bit more.


Diary Entry (s)


Dear Diary,

I have now stepped on to this soil of what they call the "New World"; truly disgusting! Even though this is hard to say, I have to make the best of my new life. My husband won't be around as much but it's something I am willing to try so I don't have to go back to England... alone.


Dear Diary,

Sorry the time has passed. Eight years does a lot to a woman; I never really had anytime to write until now. All of my writing time have gone into my poems. Well, currentely I am raising 8 children. That's not my problem though. I am not even supposed to be writing poems. All the woman would scorn me and the men would spit. I don't belong here, I already know that, yet my freedom is limited. I love my husband not like a Puritan should so let me be different! Or let me just hide and write another poem...

Sincerely,
Anne B.

Anne Bradstreet Political Cartoon Comparison

Woman's intense diligence in being a Mother while the Men are gone to work or any other engagement, has made woman more prudent to woman suffrage by standing up for their own prerogatives. In the political cartoon, a black and white scene is shown with a frantic man holding two weeping babies while the Mother is shown looking back with a smirk while walking out the door to a women's suffrage march. This shows how the man can not seem to take the tough work load that an every day mother can deal with; it's like a switch in roles. This compares to Anne Bradstreet because she is the caretaker of the family and is usually taking care of the children and the husband is always "walking out" but this cartoon puts things in an inverse perspective. Another detail in the cartoon is a sign hanging on the wall in the kitchen that says "Votes for Woman" and a banner on the bottom of the cartoon says "Election Day". This gives the message that this particular mother now has the right to vote and takes advantage of this because she feels like she has more of a duty and a say in politics then the typical working man does. As a mother, Anne Bradstreet wishes she could have a say in voting because I am sure she would go out and share her opinions like she does in her poems. Over all, woman are showing their power through voting for stronger roles outside the home.

Edward Taylor

Reflection

I think the poem "huswifery" by Edward Taylor is odd only because in the olden times, being a minister and writing about household tasks done by woman? Using thid comparison is different but the way he used it was great! He wanted to be a tool for God's use in this case making himself a spinning wheel. He says he need this in order to make "the spinning wheel complete". Very metaphorically savy which I definentely like in poems (referencing back to my metaphoric reflection of anne bradstreet). I loved analyzing the poem and basically solving the puzzle of what he meant by all of this metaphoric talk. He wants to be made holy so he can get into heaven. That's simply awesome!

Thesis Statement

In the poem "Huswifery" by Edward Taylor, diction, rhyme, and literary conceit are emphasized to show the speaker's cleansing process for his soul metaphorically as he compares caring for the soul to insure heaven with the caring for the home to insure safety.

Jonathan Edwards-1741 "Sinners at the Hands of an Angry God"

Imagery from the "Sermon"

Power of Figurative Language

Passage that most impresses me

Collage: How I see the sermon

Reflection: Significance of these photos