Edward TaylorAlex Ridley

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

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Puritan Beliefs

•Predestination •Irresistible grace •Sanctification •The elect

Puritan Plain Style

•Preferred Geneva Bible over King James version

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

Taylor’s Writing Style

•Metaphysical-Employs paradoxical images

•Conceit -Trying to sustain comparison

between unlike things

“Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold”

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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