Read "Huswifery," by Edward Taylor. Take notes and define any unfamiliar words. Then, respond to the following prompt, in no more than three sentences:
What comparison does the speaker make in "Huswifery"? Why does he make it? What effect does it have?
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Think about the discussion we had on Tuesday. I will be looking for focus, structure, clarity and grammar/mechanics. With such a short format, remember to use words wisely and avoid "excess verbiage."
Think about the discussion we had on Tuesday. I will be looking for focus, structure, clarity and grammar/mechanics. With such a short format, remember to use words wisely and avoid "excess verbiage."
The comparison the writer makes in "Huswifery" is making himself into wool made of heavenly colors, varnished with flowers of paradise. He uses this to show his desire to be closer to God and make him the center of his world. In the poem he goes through refinement and ask God to purify him so that he may be "clothed in holy robes for glory".
ReplyDeleteThe speaker makes the comparison between Knitting cloth and gods power. He makes the comparison because he wants to show how god knits his path and makes his actions into a cloth of god. It has the effect of showing the power of god and how he is the one that makes our paths.
ReplyDeleteTaylor compares himself to wool being made into robes, which includes the help of God. He does this to make himself closer to God so that God will be the center of his life. Him being wool makes him feel that he's praising God, making him closer to God which was shown in the poem, "apparel shall display before Ye That I am clothed in holy robes for glory."
ReplyDeleteEdward Taylor starts the poem "Huswifery" with with two starkly different ideas, god and spinning wheel. However, through conceit, Taylor manages to compare the idea of him being used to promote and further god's ideas and values, with they way he would use a spinning wheel to turn cloth into something greater. While a wheel and a human, are starkly different he suggests in the poem that they are both merely powers of something greater.
ReplyDeleteEach line in Huswifery is a part of a spinning wheel being compared to a different spiritual aspect, also known as a literary conceit. For example, the second line which says "thy holy word my distaff make for me" refers to the Bible which is the holy word of God and is being related to a distaff which is used to spin wool. This effects the meaning of the poem because it uses very ambiguous comparisons in order to convey the writers attitude towards God which can be described as affectionate.
ReplyDeleteThe conceit that Edward Taylor elaborates upon throughout "Huswifery" is the spinning wheel to develop the concept that within Puritan society, God controls all paths of fate, and to show the desperation of people to attempt to walk upon the correct path. Showing this comparison allows us, the reader, to understand the common rational of the everyday Puritan, in which one must follow the word of God in order to fall upon the correct path leading to the gates of heaven. The effect that is created from this poem is that throughout history, America has developed this Puritan ideal to have a society follow a certain rules and regulations in order to benefit society.
ReplyDeleteEdward Taylor makes a comparison between being knitted into, "holy robes," and the power of God. He makes this comparison to show that he is simply a work of God, as God is the Master Weaver. Portraying this comparison with the use of conceit has the effect that Predestination is evident in life, and that God knits everything that will happen.
ReplyDeleteEdward Taylor compares himself to yarn. He is asking God to weave him into something glorious and to give him the qualities of a glorious person, such as affections, judgement, conscience, and memory. Taylor uses this metaphor to make it perfectly clear to anybody who reads "Huswifery" what exactly he wants God to do to him.
ReplyDeleteEdward Taylor's poem,"Huswifery" explains how the subject of the poem becomes closer to god. He compares spinning thread and humans, in order to show how two completely different things can create something greater than themselves in the name of the lord. The author believes that spinning thread brings him closer to god.
ReplyDeleteIn "Huswifery", Edward Taylor compares his life to the process of creating cloth. Taylor makes this comparison to show how his life is crafted by God and how his life is made up of many different pieces woven together, all to promote God, much like the creation of fabric. This comparison makes one think how their lives are created and how everything blends into it.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem Huswifery by Edward Taylor the speaker uses conceit to compare God to a master weaver and himself to the Spinning Wheel God uses. This comparison shows his devotion to God and how he wishes his soul to be a method of spreading God’s doctrine to others. This desire to glorify God displays Puritan virtues of living a honorable life dedicated to serving God.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem Huswifery by Edward Taylor the speaker uses conceit to compare God to a master weaver and himself to the Spinning Wheel God uses. This comparison shows his devotion to God and how he wishes his soul to be a method of spreading God’s doctrine to others. This desire to glorify God displays Puritan virtues of living a honorable life dedicated to serving God.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem Huswifery by Edward Taylor the speaker uses conceit to compare God to a master weaver and himself to the Spinning Wheel God uses. This comparison shows his devotion to God and how he wishes his soul to be a method of spreading God’s doctrine to others. This desire to glorify God displays Puritan virtues of living a honorable life dedicated to serving God.
ReplyDeleteIn "Huswifery" the author, Edward Taylor, compares God's influence in his life to a person weathing yarn and knitting cloth. He makes this comparison to express him beleif that God decides what his life will play out to be just as how a knitter decides what the cloth will look like when it is finished. The effect that Taylor intends is to show how God is all knowing and he controls everything, even the future.
ReplyDeleteEdward Taylor makes a comparison between God and A spinning wheel. He does this because its is the "huswifery" of a housewife to sew clothing for the people of the house.So in making that comparison Taylor is expressing that everyone should offer their lives in service to god not just ministers.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the poem, the author compares Gods glory to the art of turning cloth into extravagant textiles and robes. The author asks god to "make my soul thy holy spoole to be". By being the wool for gods robes he can "make thy spinning wheel complete".
ReplyDeleteIn the poem "Huswifery" by Edward Taylor, he compares himself to a spinning wheel guided by God. In the second paragraph, he asks God to turn him into a loom guided by God. In the third paragraph, Taylor tells God to take his affections, judgment, and conscience and wrap them in a cloth that God wove because God turned him into a spinning wheel and a loom guide Taylor.
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