"Imperfections- an Explication of "An Author to Her Book" by Anne Bradstreet"
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:09:31
I've included the full text of the poem as well as my explication of it. Enjoy!
The Author to Her Book
by Anne Bradstreet
Thou ill-form'd offspring of my feeble brain,
Who after birth did'st by my side remain,
Till snatcht from thence by friends, less wise than true,
Who thee abroad expos'd to public view,
Made thee in rags, halting to th' press to trudge,
Where errors were not lessened (all may judge).
At
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poem a sense of rejection and disgust.
<Tab/>Through the use of diction, imagery, and tone the reader is here invited to witness the inner struggle of the speaker of the poem. "An Author to Her Book" by Anne Bradstreet addresses the natural human imperfections that cause the speaker of this poem, and countless other authors, no end of torment by seeing every imperfection but never being able to eradicate them.
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