AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Wrote Huswifery in an ornate style that wouldn’t have been accepted by the Puritans
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Wrote a poem about his house burning down
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Was exiled to the New World because he wouldn’t talk to the Church of England
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Detailed explanation-1: -Now considered America’s foremost colonial poet, Edward Taylor was virtually unknown until some of his poems were discovered in the Yale library and published in 1937. The intellectual brilliance and the emotional intensity of his poetical meditations have led critics to compare him to John Donne and George Herbert.
Detailed explanation-2: -In “Upon a Spider Catching a Fly” the spider could represent the devil, the wasp a sinner, and the fly an innocent person or Christian. The spider is able to reach and affect both the wasp (sinner) and fly (innocent person or Christian).
Detailed explanation-3: -What Taylor is saying is that God is overflowing in His love and mercy toward us. This is the irresistible grace area of TULIP. Grinds, and kneads up into this Bread of Life.