Anne Bradstreet ( Author to her Book)

Brittanii’ Batts

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Ms.Brown

9-03-09

The Author to the Book

Religious disputes? Anne Bradstreet is a famous Puritans poet that made a come back for religion being able to talk and socialize out of the church. She was a remarkable rare case in her period which helped become one of the building blocks for women’s rights. The poem The Author to her book tells about her expressing her flaws to many of her achievements. The symbolism is strong and reveals her inner person.

“Thou ill-formed off-spring off my feeble brain(Bradstreet Line 1)”. This statement explains that the flaws of her mind and person is inflicted in her book. She refers to the book as her off-spring because it like her splitting image and revealing her inner most thoughts. “Who thee abroad exposed to public view(Bradstreet Line 4)”. This convoys that she told her personal being an opinions to the audience and people.

“Thy visage so irksome in my sight: Yet be my own, at length affection would(Bradstreet Line 10-11)”.This explains how she was self conscious and had low self-esteem. Words such as “irksome” and “my sight” show how she views her self and disagrees with the writing she says in her book. She disputes these ways and say the flaws of it by ridiculing herself. Her ways are so creative and unique symbolism and use of similes.

“Critic’s hands beware thou dost not come, and take thy way where yet thou art not known (Bradstreet Line 20-21)”.This quote says that the book she displayed to the public was not favored. She used diction such as “hands” “take away” and “not known” tells that the religion or government disagrees with her opinions and plan on putting a stop to it. Anne Bradstreet is a brilliant poet .She variety of figurative language make it easy to understand her state of mind