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."
In “Huswifery”, Edward Taylor makes a comparison between the cloth-making process and the granting of God’s grace through the use of poetic conceit. This allows Taylor to display his desire for God in taking over his life as well as presenting his wish in becoming a beneficial ‘worker’ towards God. Overall, Taylor’s comprehensive analogy demonstrates his longing to become closer to God and leaves a touching feeling in the reader’s mind.
ReplyDeleteDinosaur11: OK, you have the general idea, but why cloth-making? What is so particular about this activity that it makes for an effective conceit?
ReplyDeleteIn the poem "Huswifery" by Edwards Taylor, Taylor makes the comparison of the process of making clothes to the faith and glorification to God. Each effort made to become holy makes the author closer to God, until he finally feels holy. This relates to the clothe making process because with each individual part, the person becomes closer and closer to making a full set of clothes, just like they had come closer to God.
ReplyDeleteIn his poem "Huswifery", Taylor compares his relationship with god to using a loom, first by invoking god to use his soul as a spoole and then by asking god to use him as the loom itself for weaving holy yarn. This displays two puritan values in the sense where puritans should first find their path to god, and be "spun" in gods loom, and then convert others to the path by any means necessary, in other words by being gods "loom" and helping spin other people's thread. This poem's comparison to a loom is important because it creates a sense of security in god to most of it's puritan readers, who believed hard work kept the devil away and allowed one to be closer to god.
ReplyDeleteEdward Taylor uses a cloth making metaphor to ask God to take full control of his life. Parallels can be seen as God being the cloth maker and Taylor being the tools to make it. In this metaphor the end result is a more prosperous life by being closer to God.
ReplyDeleteIn Huswifery, Edward Taylor compares his relationship to God with the relationship between a sewing machine and a housewife because he wants to show how god is his master and he is merely the tools that God uses to create civilization. This metaphor both emphasizes his sub ordinance to God and his faith in God's will. The metaphor creates a connection between God and their everyday lives.
ReplyDeleteIn "Huswifery", poet Edward Taylor compare the mighty strength of God with the simple housewife deed of tailoring clothing. Taylor makes this bold comparison to make the concept of God more relatable to the common man but also show the tremendous power God possesses. This effect allows the reader to better understand the power of God.
ReplyDeleteThe comparison the speaker makes in "Huswifery" is spinning wheel when it & God's orders. He makes this to show God's taking over his life & others & how does he do it. This effects to people by don't followin' God's orders.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem Housewifery, Edward Taylor compares the action of making clothes which is a typical housewife duty to the mighty power of God. This use of literary conceit reveals that everybody and everything play a role from the almighty god to a 17th century housewife. This comparison has the effect of stressing the importance of the and creating the belief of God being a part of the housewife.
ReplyDeleteIn "Huswifery" Taylor uses the process of cloth making as a metaphor to signify his desire for God to take over his life. By using this metaphor, he shows the reader how close he is or wants to be to God. This leaves the reader with a better understanding of how close the author is to God and makes the reader understand how big of an influence God was and is to people.
ReplyDeleteIn “Huswifery”, Edward Taylor makes a comparison between his commitment to God and the spinning wheel. In line three, the "flyers" are the speaker's "affections", or emotions. The "holy spoole" (line four) is the speaker's soul. The speaker's conversation is compared to the "reel". In line ten, the speaker's "ordinances", or sacraments/religious rights are the spinning wheel's "fulling mills". Throughout the poem, the speaker makes several comparisions between two things, God and the spinning wheel.
ReplyDeleteIn “Huswifery”, Edward Taylor makes a comparison between his commitment to God and the spinning wheel. In line three, the "flyers" are the speaker's "affections", or emotions. The "holy spoole" (line four) is the speaker's soul. The speaker's conversation is compared to the "reel". In line ten, the speaker's "ordinances", or sacraments/religious rights are the spinning wheel's "fulling mills". Throughout the poem, the speaker makes several comparisions between two things, God and the spinning wheel.
ReplyDeleteIn “Huswifery”, Edward Taylor makes a comparison between his commitment to God and the spinning wheel. In line three, the "flyers" are the speaker's "affections", or emotions. The "holy spoole" (line four) is the speaker's soul. The speaker's conversation is compared to the "reel". In line ten, the speaker's "ordinances", or sacraments/religious rights are the spinning wheel's "fulling mills". Throughout the poem, the speaker makes several comparisions between two things, God and the spinning wheel.
ReplyDeleteIn “Huswifery”, Edward Taylor makes a comparison between his commitment to God and the spinning wheel. In line three, the "flyers" are the speaker's "affections", or emotions. The "holy spoole" (line four) is the speaker's soul. The speaker's conversation is compared to the "reel". In line ten, the speaker's "ordinances", or sacraments/religious rights are the spinning wheel's "fulling mills". Throughout the poem, the speaker makes several comparisions between two things, God and the spinning wheel.
ReplyDeleteIn “Huswifery” Taylor compares himself to a spinning wheel and loom of G-d, in hopes of surrendering himself entirely to the Lord as a tool through which something beautiful and holy can be created. Taylor draws this comparison in order to depict himself as a lowly instrument, which in the hands of the right creator can be used to glorify both the creation and the creator himself. This conceit humbles the reader, reminding him of his humanly limitations while encouraging him to elevate himself with the influence of G-d, in hopes of living a virtuous life in which he can glorify the Lord.
ReplyDeleteThe speaker is comparing a spinning wheel to God’s unconditional grace, where God has the absolute power to tread people into being filled with righteousness. He pleads God for his divine salvation, wanting him to be the core of his existence and guide him into the right path to achieve this. Taylor feels he must reconnect with God in order to ascend to His “Paradise” and be “clothed in holy robes [of] glory” for the rest of eternity.
ReplyDeleteIn this poem, Taylor compares compares a sewing machine to God and his relationship with each of them. By doing this he shows that he is merely a pawn in God's creation and he lives to serve God. This thus gives us a metaphor between humans lives and God himself.
ReplyDeleteIn "Huswifery", Edward Taylor compares himself to a tool used for the making of fabric, in that the same way a loom or a spinning wheel is a tool for man, he wishes to be a tool for god. Taylor believes that by acting as a tool for god, their "partnership" will create something beautiful that will reflect all of god's glory. The poem serves to remind the reader that his perfection is limited but he can become greater if he devotes himself to god.
ReplyDeleteTaylor uses conceit in "Huswifery" to establish a connection between himself and God. He uses a metaphor that compares himself to the tools used to make "holy robes for glory". He uses the image of a spinning wheel because it emphasizes that God is responsible for every aspect of human life.
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