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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of Bradstreet and Taylor's poetry. The presence of Puritan values within their works is analyzed. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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the best poetry offers some form of insight into the character of past societies, functioning not just as an aesthetic object, but as an historical object as well. This poetical
trait is nowhere more apparent than in the works of Puritan poets such as Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor. Examining the works of Bradstreet and Taylor, it can be instructive
to ask certain questions about the presentation of themes and values within their works. For instance, one might take note of the abundance of celestial and heavenly language within Puritan
poetry, and question what function this language has within the Puritan context. For Bradstreet and Taylor, it seems to be the case that celestial language is used to reframe natural
events within the context of some heavenly volition (in other words, as Gods will). In Bradstreets "A Letter to Her Husband Absent Upon Public Employment", she refers to the fairly
commonplace absence of her husband in the most grandiose terms: "my sun is gone in zodiac" she writes, and later beseeches him to "return, return, sweet Sol, from Capricorn" (Baym,
2003, p. 126; 8-12). The use of such terminology couches her love for her husband in celestial terms that represent the very antithesis of natural ("fleshly" or "bodily") love. Similarly,
Taylor reframes the natural death of a wasp in the cold as a celestial event, attributing the cold to "the Bear that breathes the Northern blast", and referring to the
sun as "Sol" (Baym, 2003; p. 159; 1-4). Another worthwhile question to ask of these works is "how is love characterized in Puritan poetry"? Based on the samples presented
by Bradstreet and Taylor, it would seem that, once again, love is only addressed in spiritual and heavenly terms, as a "joining of souls", rather than any sort of fleshly
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