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Edward Taylor
1. Identify in Taylor's poems the elements of Ignation Meditation: 1. Composition of Place; 2. Analysis; 3. Colloquy. (Note: most of the readings don't have all three in this order.)
2. Which poems use extended metaphor as a controlling device? Explain the metaphor in each case.
3. What elements of the following does Taylor share with British Metaphysical poets such as Donne, Herbert, Vaughn, Crashaw: extensive use of the "conceit" and wit freedom with meter, cacophonous sound, paradox, pun.
4. Compare the motifs and poetic techniques of Taylor's "Am I thy Gold" with Bradstreet's "To Her Father with Some Verses."
5. Where and how does Taylor express helplessness and spiritual inadequacy? Why do you think he does so? Compare these expressions and motives to those of Bradford and of Rowlandson.
6. Do you find intellect or emotion more important in Taylor's relationship with God? In his objectives as a poet?
7. Compare Taylor's "Upon Wedlock and Death of Children" with poems about love, childbirth, and death of children by Bradstreet.
