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Edward Taylor Alex Ridley

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Edward TaylorAlex Ridley

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Edward Taylor

•Born in England•Attended Harvard •Pastor of church in Massachusetts•Poems were in complete publish by 1960•Only American poet of the metaphysical

school

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Puritan Beliefs

•Predestination •Irresistible grace •Sanctification •The elect

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Puritan Plain Style

•Preferred Geneva Bible over King James version

•Writings glorified God not writer•Emphasis on nouns and verbs•Lack of descriptive language

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Taylor’s Writing Style

•Metaphysical-Employs paradoxical images

•Conceit -Trying to sustain comparison

between unlike things

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“Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold”

•http://www.eliteskills.com/c/11532

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Citations• http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/purdef.htm• http://www.byzantinecommunications.com/

adamhoward/homework/highschool/earlyamerican.html• http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0832886.html• http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/

glossaryItem.do?id=8057• http://www.eliteskills.com/c/11532

• http://anglistika.webnode.cz/products/taylor-edward-upon-a-wasp-chilled-with-cold/

• http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_18c/defoe/puritanism.html#grace