Authors: Anne Bradstreet and
Edward Taylor
About the Authors

Anne Bradstreet:
 Was essentially the first notable American poet,
as a Puritan this achievement was remarkable
 Her poetry focused primarily on the realities of her
likes – her husband, eight children, and her
house.

Edward Taylor:
 Was one of colonial America’s most inventive
poets.
 Came to America in 1668 to escape religious
persecution
 He wrote his poetry to glorify God and his poems
served as a form of worship
Respond to the following quote
“Authority
without wisdom
is like a heavy axe without
edge, fitter to bruise than
polish.” – Anne Bradstreet
What does Bradstreet see
as the difference between
“authority” and “wisdom”?
Define the following words:
 Figurative
Language
 Metaphor
 Extended
Metaphor
 Personification
 Hyperbole
 Allusions
 Clarify Meaning
 Archaic Language
 Inverted Syntax
Read
and Analyze each
poem
Identify Literary devices
Identify tone
Create detailed summary
Summary: To my Dear and Loving
Husband
 The
speaker describes her love
for her husband and the value
that she places upon his love for
her. She concludes by saying
that they will be rewarded in
heaven for their love.
Summary: Upon the Burning or
our House
 After
her beloved home is
destroyed in a fire the poem’s
speaker grieves over her
devastating loss but recognizes
that true wealth, and her true
home, are in heaven.
Summary: Huswifery
 The
speaker develops an
extended metaphor in which he
asks God to transform him so that
he can become all that God wants
him to be
Answer the following questions
 On
page 121 in your textbook
answer questions 4-9
Selection Wrap-up
 In
a one page response
answer the following question:
 Describe a religious belief
demonstrated in all three
poems.