Puritans and Literary Devices

short words, direct statements, and references to ordinary, everyday objects; clearly expressed only useful or religious ideas; used by Anne Bradstreet and Benjamin Franklin

Make me, O Lord, Thy spinning wheel complete.- Huswifery

Then dye the same in heavenly colors choice.
All pinked with varnished flowers of paradise. – Huswifery

Then clothe therewith mine understanding, will
Affections, judgment, conscience, memory
– Huswifery

first man to promote permanent settlement of America; English soldier; 27 yrs. old; interested in mapping the new world; scouted U.

S. territory; gave New England its name; greatly used PROPAGANDA and FALSE STATEMENTS; only wrote EXPLORATION ACCOUNTS; wrote the New Land; arrived in Jamestown in 1607

false advertisement to promote something

1. Total depravity
2. Unconditioned Election
3. Limited Atonement
4. Irresistible Grace
5. Perseverance of the Saints

all humans have a genetic predisposition to sin because Adam disobeyed god and passed on this trait

election is predestined; one cannot do anything to change god’s decision; some get salvation and others don’t

god died for those to be saved; his death is thought to be for humanity

God gives divine grace freely; neither earned nor refused

one does not know whether he is truly among the chosen, so he must behave as if he is chosen and live uprightly; being elected = assurance of eternal salvation

1. god’s grace
2. divine mission
3. plainness

1. religion
2. gold
3. power

wrote first volume of poems published in America; part of Massachusetts Bay Colony; enjoyed writing poems- wrote the first colonial collection of poetry The Tenth Muse (classical allusion); wrote PERSONAL POEMS; expressed difficult Puritan life; showed links between earthly and heavenly life; PLAIN STYLE, ANASTROPHE, BIBLICAL ALLUSIONS, PARADOX, PARALLEL STRUCTUE, and RHYMING COUPLETS; wrote “Verses upon the Burning of our House” and “To My Dear and Loving Husband”

In silent night when rest I took;

a sentence’s usual word order is inverted; inverting the subject and the verb or noun and adjective

unaccented syllable followed by accented syllable; u/

rhyming pairs of lines; ABAB

Biblical, Classical, or Historical

lines of the poem have 4 accented syllables and 4 unaccented syllables; sounds like a song when read; contains 4 feet

In silence ever shalt thou lie.
Adieu, Adieu, All’s Vanity.

“to God”

“everything comes from God”

A price so vast as is unknown,
Yet by his gift is made thine own.

10th muse

5 feet per line; 5 unaccented syllables and 5 accented syllables

If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever……………………………
If ever……………………………

My love is such that rivers cannot quench,

“If ever two were one” (alludes to Adam and Eve and Matthew in New Testament

That when we live no more, we may live forever

self-contradictory statement

extreme exaggeration

poetry with extravagant comparisons, intellectual wit, and subtle argument to explore religious faith and affection

wrote METAPHYSICAL POETRY, poet, Puritan, used ANASTROPHE, APOSTROPHE, ENJAMBMENT, CONCEITS, CATALOGUE, AND CAESURA

two lines sound like full sentence

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talking to an inanimate object

stop in the middle of a line, done with either a period or semicolon

Then weave the web Thyself. The yarn is fine.

Make me, O Lord, Thy spinning wheel complete

extended metaphor that is unexpected and hard to understand ex. Huswifery

metaphor that goes on for a very long paragraph, expected

list of things