| | Edward Taylor (1642?-1729) |
 | | Taylor may also seem both too easy ("doesn'the tell it all?") and too complicated, because of arcane word choices,the curious compounding of images, and the plethora of biblical images. |
| | Taylor's fondness for extended metaphors is apparent in "Upon aSpider Catching a Fly" and his famous "Huswifery." The latterleads to discussion of Taylor's frequent use of spinning and weaving terms,frequently in relationship to poetic language or the need for the "Weddengarment" of righteousness that robes mankind for the Lord's Supperand union with Christ. |
| | As readers,we eavesdrop on Taylor, but we are not easily invited into the poems, exceptinsofar as we identify with the Elect soul in its struggles or with Tayloras a representative pilgrim in his journey toward salvation. |
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