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Huswifery
Poetry by Edward Taylor
VIDEO TRAILER
Literary Analysis:
Figurative Language
Reading Strategy: Clarify
Meaning in Older Poetry
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
INTRODUCING THE POEMS
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
INTRODUCING THE POEMS
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
INTRODUCING THE POEMS
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To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
Figurative Language
Like all poets, Puritan poets used
figurative language to create
imagery and communicate ideas
beyond the literal meaning of words.
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
Figurative Language
As you read the poems by Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor, look
for these four different types of figures of speech.
A metaphor is a figure of speech
that directly compares two unlike
things without using like or as.
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
Figurative Language
An extended metaphor is one
that draws the comparison out
and compares the two things at
length and in many ways.
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
Figurative Language
Personification is a figure of speech in
which an object, animal, or idea is given
human characteristics.
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
Figurative Language
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which
the truth is exaggerated for emphasis.
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
Figurative Language
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
To My Dear and Loving Husband and Upon the Burning of Our House / Huswifery
Inverted Syntax
blest (blessed)