Figurative Language In Huswifery

In the poems ¨Huswifery¨ by Edward Taylor, and ¨To A Mouse¨ by Robert Burns, the universal theme is man vs. nature, while showing that they also share the themes to commit themselves and truly be devoted to what they want and, never take what they have for granted as well as persevere and push through the hard times. They show these using tragic and accepting tones, as well as figurative language. In “Huswifery” the theme of the poem is to commit yourself and to truly be devoted to something you desperately want. In “Huswifery” the speaker is devoting his whole entire life to God, because he has such desperation to to follow the Lord and become a part of his kingdom. Edward Taylor, in “Huswifery” wrote, “ Make me, O Lord, Thy spinning-wheel complete.” The speaker is asking and pleading for God to make him the Lords spinning wheel, to make use of him in God’s plan. He portrays how desperate he is to be apart of the great things the Lord has planned. Soon after that line in the poem the speaker starts stating how he wants all of him to be apart of the spinning wheel including his emotions, his soul, everything. He is willing to sacrifice everything to be apart of God’s kingdom. He is a true partisan of the Lord’s plan. When you read the background on Edward Taylor, you will read how he had the opportunity to be a professor and he sacrificed and …show more content…
nature. God being nature for the first and for the second being weather. These poems show the true meaning of perseverance and devotion. “Huswifery” shows how the speaker strives through giving up some of his most greatest accomplishments but he perseveres through it to reach something he is truly devoted to. In “To A Mouse” he perseveres through how the hard times affect both him and the mouse to also get something they were committed to. All together these two poems are greatly different but share a true