Commentary of: The Author To Her Book
The Author To Her book handles the idea of authority of one author’s writing. Bradstreet clearly had a connection with her writings that she personified them and refers it to a child and her being it’s mother. Bradstreet personifies her as if it were an “offspring” of her “feeble brain” (1). She does not, in the beginning, think of it highly but as “ill-formed” (1) and she is embarrassed over it when her friends took the writing away to try and get it published, “exposing it to public view” (4). Using metaphors, the author writes that her work was ill formed and not ready for publication and independence. The author concludes by saying she loves her book and thinks highly of it, but does not want it to be out in the public so it will not be critiqued any.
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This could be a reason why the author felt as if she was not ready to share it to the world. That example means that while her friends were careless they had not wrong intentions. Another example of the mother-child relationship would be the author not wanting her child to roam in places it should not go to. (19) Just like a mother, she worries for her offspring to get in the wrong hands or go into the wrong place without her knowledge.
Another literary form expressed in this would be the use of symbolism. Symbolism is paired with personification and apostrophe and ties in with the main theme of mother and child relations. “Who after birth didst by my side remain” (2) which symbolizes the creation of the work. This can also be referred back to how a mother, after just giving birth, will try and keep her child as close as possible to make sure nothing happens to it. This example can also be referenced back to when it was stated earlier on about Bradstreet being protective over her
The Author To Her book handles the idea of authority of one author’s writing. Bradstreet clearly had a connection with her writings that she personified them and refers it to a child and her being it’s mother. Bradstreet personifies her as if it were an “offspring” of her “feeble brain” (1). She does not, in the beginning, think of it highly but as “ill-formed” (1) and she is embarrassed over it when her friends took the writing away to try and get it published, “exposing it to public view” (4). Using metaphors, the author writes that her work was ill formed and not ready for publication and independence. The author concludes by saying she loves her book and thinks highly of it, but does not want it to be out in the public so it will not be critiqued any.
Like any protective …show more content…
This could be a reason why the author felt as if she was not ready to share it to the world. That example means that while her friends were careless they had not wrong intentions. Another example of the mother-child relationship would be the author not wanting her child to roam in places it should not go to. (19) Just like a mother, she worries for her offspring to get in the wrong hands or go into the wrong place without her knowledge.
Another literary form expressed in this would be the use of symbolism. Symbolism is paired with personification and apostrophe and ties in with the main theme of mother and child relations. “Who after birth didst by my side remain” (2) which symbolizes the creation of the work. This can also be referred back to how a mother, after just giving birth, will try and keep her child as close as possible to make sure nothing happens to it. This example can also be referenced back to when it was stated earlier on about Bradstreet being protective over her