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

Emily Bradstreets Poem The precedent to Her BookThe Author to Her Book, by Emily Bradstreet is a poem in which Bradstreet is laments about the publishing of her literature without her permission. The purpose of the piece is for Bradstreet to express the love, pride and remorse she feels toward her new take and is displayed elegantly through the metaphor of a mother and child. Lines 11 and twelve contribute to the poems purpose they show that Bradstreet is unsatisfied with her work, and desires to seduce it. Unfortunately, the book has already been published, and it is too late for her child to attain flawlessness in its mothers eyes. The first part of line eleven illustrates the pride Bradstreet takes in her work. Yet being mine own is Bradstreets way of taking ownership of her work, regardless of how misshapen it may seem. by this line, Bradstreet is saying that because the book is hers, she is the just one with the right and ability to jumble it. This is much li ke when a child gets hurt only a mothers kiss send away make a butcher feel better. There may even be a booster cable of Bradstreets book being like the child whose face only a mother can love. While Bradstreet takes ownership of her book at the beginning 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 full attention to her child and corrects it enough, perhaps the book would not be much(prenominal) 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 also criticized it. The farthest 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 parts of her ungrammatical offspring. Bradstreet is saying that her child has already been branded, and there is nothing more she can do to make it perfect.