Death Of An Infant Poem Analysis

Graceful Death and Innocence Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney written work where Based upon her “religious and moral truths” (p.g,106). Being a woman of the antebellum period, she experienced the dilemma behind presenting her work. She worried about how others would except her style of writing, especially coming from a woman. Beside that fear, her husband also disapproved of her work. Unfortunately, they fell into hard times, which led her to publish her first book of poems in 1815. “Death of an Infant” was one of the first among her published pieces, coming from her book “Moral pieces in praise and verse” ( ). This poem shadows how an infant's death is innocent reflecting how Mrs. Huntley felt through her three miscarriages and accepted their death knowing they’ll be sent to heaven. Huntley poems where significant because they added “varying verse patterns and mood to fit the particular poems subject …show more content…
In analyze the point of view that Mrs. Huntley use is personal reflection. The poem is sentimental to the author because Mrs. Huntley first three children died in result of miscarriages. With this sorrowful experience, Mrs. Huntley writes the poem with elegance and politeness. With this type of view readers can also relate to the poem. Majority of the readers had or known about such a experience themselves. As quote “With witch the babe would claim it’s mother’s ears” (verse 10), can be sentimental to the readers who are mothers, because maybe they can memorize what it felt like to accept their child’s death or the comfort of their child in their life. Also using visualizing statements the author is giving insight onto how she felt during this moment of her life. Another quote “Signet-ring of Heaven” (Verse 15), is placed at the end of the poem, which reveals that the author views a child’s death as innocence, and easy to accept knowing that it’s path is to