Rhyme scheme of rima liii

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The Prologue- POEM

By Anne Bradstreet-1650 

-allusions to Greeks, Christianity, feminism...

-light-hearted tone. Critical of those who restrict women’s role. Humble, critic angry tone. 

-better with needle” even she writes something worthy critics will say is copied or luck 

-humility 

-verse, 8 stanzas, iambic pentameter ABABCC-daDum da Dum x5

-metaphors “the pen” & metonymy (big idea by referring to one small part)

-symbols: needle, war, tongue 

   Tongue: metonymy=power of speech 

-Purpose: role as female in a male-dominated Puritan society 


To my dear and loving husband-POEM

Anne Bradstreet-1650 “Selected Poems” 

-iambic pentameter 

-rhyme scheme: AABBCCDD*EEFF. This is rhyming COUPLES. 

-“Ever” 4 times in the poem, in such a short poem it stands out. 

-Love, money and payment: gold and metaphors 

-Immigrant to the Massachusetts bay Colony


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