THERE ARE 2 PAPERS to ANSWER: Read the Stories First ! HUSWIFERY and to MY DEAR and LOVING

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THERE ARE 2 PAPERS TO ANSWER: Read the Stories first ! “HUSWIFERY” AND “TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND” ANSWER EVERY SINGLE QUESTION IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!! Give a thought to each question, not just yes or no answer or you will not get the 30 points!! Place your name at the top of the paper and submit under assignment#9 in Edmodo.

1-Respond: Huswifery means “housekeeping” Given the title were you surprised by the content of this poem? Yes or no and explain why

2-(a)Recall : To What household objects and activities is the speaker compared in the two stanzas(paragraphs)

(b)Analyze: How do the images in the first two stanzas (paragraphs) contribute to the idea of being “clothed in holy robes for glory”, like said on the third stanza (paragraph)

3-(a)Interpret: What images in this poem may have contradicted (deny, dispute, challenge)The puritan requirement that clothing be dark and undecorated:

(b)Deduce: What do these images suggest about the speaker’s feelings about God?

4-(a)Interpret: What details in the final two lines convey(carry,bring, take)Taylor’s belief that religious grace comes as a gift from God?

(b)-Analyze: What seems to be the poem’s overall purpose?

5-Synthesize: What household task or process might Taylor describe if he were writing this poem today?

“TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND” ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES DO NOT LEAVE BLANKS OR POINTS WILL BE TAKEN OUT. THINK ABOUT THE ANSWERS, RESPONSES WITHOUT THOUGHT WILL NOT BE COUNTED!!

1-Respond:What is your image(what do you think of her) of Anne Bradstreet after reading this poem? Does she fit your concept of a Puritan? Please explain in detail

2-(a)Recall: Note where Bradstreet(the writer) uses repetition in the first stanza(paragraph)

(b)-How does her use of repetition suggest a growing emotional intensity (strength, power, force)

3-(a)Recall: What does the speaker value more than “Whole mines of Gold?

(b)-Distinguish: What other images suggest the richness and abundance of the love the speaker and her husband share?

4-(a)Analyze: What is the apparent contradiction in the last two lines of the poem?

(b)-Draw Conclusions: What does the last stanza(paragraph)reveal about the Puritan beliefs in the afterlife?

5-Apply: Do you Think personal devotion is as much esteemed today as it was in the (author, writer) Bradstreet’s day? Support your answer with details