Anne Bradstreet-An Author To Her Book
In "The Author to Her Book," Bradstreet is inundated in indecision and internal struggles over the virtues and shortfalls of her abilities and the book that she produced. As human beings we associate and sympathize with each other through similar experiences. It is difficult to sympathize with someone when you don't know where they are coming from and don't know what they are dealing with. Similar experiences and common bonds are what allow us to extend our sincere appreciation and understanding for another human being's situation. In this poem an elaborate struggle between pride and shame manifests itself through an extended metaphor in which she equates her book to her own child.
"The Author to Her Book" expresses some of the emotions Bradstreet felt when her most intimate thoughts were made know to the world with the publishing of her book. In addition she also relate some of the story as to how her work came to be published. The average person could not relate to the distress......
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