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"The Prologue" and "The Author to Her Book"
Title: "The Prologue" and "The Author to Her Book"
Category: Literature / North American
Details: Words: 3251 | Pages: 13.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
"The Prologue" and "The Author to Her Book"
The Prologue
To sing of wars, of captains, and of kings,
Of cities founded, commonwealth begun,
For my mean pen are too superior things:
Or how they all, or each their dates have run
Let poets and historians set these forth,
My obscure lines shall not so dim their worth.
Why does she seem to be putting down her own ability to write? Mean, humble and thin? Why does she call these subjects of poetry "…showed first 75 words of 3251 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 3251 total…of us have felt. Having one's self exposed to the world for all to view and critique is a situation to which every writer can relate. Bradstreet's poem makes us understand not only her nature but also our own. She uses her poem to interpret her hidden emotions and to give them a voice. By analyzing Bradstreet's poem, we were able to explore the words to see how they move and how they move us.
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