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Tone Of Huswifery

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“Huswifery” Edward Taylor uses tone in a way that it makes his poems seem heavy and unique. He also uses first person point of view in his poem, which makes his poem more understanding. In his poem “Huswifery” he uses tone in a grievous way, that it makes it have imagery in his poem. For example, “ That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory’’. This stanza has heavy tone because it makes us see the imagery in his point of view. Tone is very important in this poem. Without tone in a poem we don't exactly know what the author is trying to Inform us on. Edward Taylor also uses first point of view in this poem. This helps the reader get a better perception of what's going on in this poem. ‘’ Make me, O Lord, thy Spining Wheele compleate.Thy Holy Worde my Distaff make for mee. Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neate and make my Soule thy holy Spoole to bee. My Conversation make to be thy Reele and reele the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheele’’. In these stanzas the author uses the word “me’’, to help the reader understand the poem. The author therefore is using first person point of view, using this has advantages. This can assist the reader to put his/her view in the author's point of view, which he does in those stanzas. This poem is used by both literary devices which makes …show more content…

Another great literary device used by this great author is first person point of view. This allows the reader to put themselves in the poet's shoes . Another example of great literary devices are metaphors, symbol, and allusion. Edward Taylor uses these in his

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