Monica Fuller
September 1, 2017
ENG251-WO2
Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “The Prologue” relates to our writing assignment about gender equality. Bradstreet is a great writer but, in her era, writing was a more male dominated field so she downplays her writing abilities. She begins the poem by stating that she has no intentions of writing epic poems about wars and kings, she will leave that for the true poets and historians (men). Then, in Stanza 2, tension is evidenced when she compares herself to a poet named Bartas. She praises his work and questions why the Muse of poetry didn’t gift her with such a skill. She states, “Fool I do grudge the Muses did not part, Twist him and me that overfluent store” (9-10). She also reveals that she’s jealous
September 1, 2017
ENG251-WO2
Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “The Prologue” relates to our writing assignment about gender equality. Bradstreet is a great writer but, in her era, writing was a more male dominated field so she downplays her writing abilities. She begins the poem by stating that she has no intentions of writing epic poems about wars and kings, she will leave that for the true poets and historians (men). Then, in Stanza 2, tension is evidenced when she compares herself to a poet named Bartas. She praises his work and questions why the Muse of poetry didn’t gift her with such a skill. She states, “Fool I do grudge the Muses did not part, Twist him and me that overfluent store” (9-10). She also reveals that she’s jealous