Emily Bradstreets Poem The Author to Her Book :: Emily Bradstreet Author Her Book Poetry Essays

Emily Bradstreets Poem The Author to Her earmarkThe Author to Her Book, by Emily Bradstreet is a poem in which Bradstreet is laments about the publish of her writings without her permission. The purpose of the instal is for Bradstreet to express the love, pride and remorse she feels toward her natural accommodate and is displayed elegantly through the metaphor of a mother and child. Lines eleven and twelve contribute to the poems purpose they show that Bradstreet is unsatiable with her work, and desires to fix it. Unfortunately, the book has already been published, and it is too late for her child to gain ground perfection in its mothers eyes. The first part of stress eleven illustrates the pride Bradstreet takes in her work. Yet being mine protest is Bradstreets way of taking ownership of her work, regardless of how misshapen it may seem. Through this line, Bradstreet is adage that because the book is hers, she is the solo one with the right and mightiness t o fix it. This is much like when a child gets hurt only a mothers kiss can make a boo-boo feel better. There may even be a hint of Bradstreets book being like the child whose incline only a mother can love. While Bradstreet takes ownership of her book at the generator of line eleven, by the end of that line, and the beginning of twelve, she is criticizing her work, saying that at length affection would thy blemishes amend... Through this, Bradstreet makes a connection to the beginning of the line, as only her love, care and attention can make the piece beautiful. If she gives enough attention to her child and corrects it enough, perhaps the book would not be such a shame to her. Perhaps it wouldnt be so ugly. By the end of the twelfth line, Bradstreet has taken pride in her work, and has too criticized it. The last bit of line twelve is where the author shows her remorse. If so I could is the authors way of lamenting her inability to rearrange the separate of h er ill-formed offspring. Bradstreet is saying that her child has already been branded, and there is nothing more she can do to make it perfect.