1) Author is African American
2) Poem indicates the strength and empowering nature of light
3) Main message is prayer and devotion
1) Every action has a consequence
2) Purpose of the poem is to justify the killing of the deer
3) Hunting and killing is the necessity of life
1. products of the Reformation and Renaissance
2. Separated from the Anglican church
3. Puritans came as official members of the
Church of England
4. Pilgrims were known as separatists
5. part of reformation and renaissance
6. Puritans were extreme reformists
7. religion dominated their lives and writings
8. everything was a message from God
9. believed in hard work and simple no frills living
10. people of the book: read and re-read the Bible
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
a. first published American poet (not another poet
for 200 years)
b. used conceits (or extended metaphors)
c. Brother-in-law (John Woodridge) took verses
copied for family and published them in 1650 under the title The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
d. She was modest and somewhat embarrassed
e. Major Works
i. “To My Dear and Loving Husband”
ii. “Upon the Burning of Our House”
iii. “The Flesh and the Spirit”
iv. “The Author to Her Book”
John Smith (1580 - 1631)
a. founded Jamestown in 1607
b. described the country as paradise (what everyone was looking for)
C. known as an adventurer; writer; difficult
D. somewhat of a Braggart
E. Major Works
i. “General History of Virginia”
ii. Pocahontas Legend
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Characteristics
Literature Mind-Map
Edward Taylor (1644 – 1729)
a. clergyman/minister
b. poems unheard of until 1930 when discovered in Yale library
c. wrote conceits in the style of metaphysical
poetry
d. examined inner self-commune with God (these meditations helped him prepare for sermons
e. he asks for help from God to glorify God
f. Major Works
i. “Huswifery”
ii. “Upon a Spider Catching a Fly”
Huswifery
Characteristics
1) Message of Good vs. Evil
2) There should be balance in Man vs. Nature
3) Explains how the world was created
Connection
Characteristics
Both authors include the use of rhyme scheme.
1) Creation story for Native Americans to explain their existence
2) Explains the importance of the number 4
3) The ears of corn helps them sustain life
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly
Connection
Both pieces of literature are creation stories.
Connection
Both pieces of literature emphasize the balance of nature through good and evil or through the cycle of life in nature.
Characteristics
Connection
Both pieces of literature explain the outcomes of committing sins.
1) Man is defending wife/country from their enemies
2) Has a firm motive despite the ultimate consequences
3) Anything is possible with determination and persistance
Characteristics of Native American Literature
- Oral tradition; passed on beliefs from generation to generation, traditions and values from one generation to next; orator was the highest form of respect within the tribe
- Pre-science; ancient; used reason/intellect/imagination/religion to answer questions about the natural world--showed the importance of living in harmony with the natural world
- Not literal; symbolic; thematic; also just for entertainment (monster stories)
- All tribes vary: there are differences in their beliefs (such as different gods) and customs but there are some elements that remain constant
- Stress the importance of harmony with nature; balance
- Do not view humans as superior creatures but an equal part of it
Upon the Burning of Our House
Pallavi Pallerla
Ms. Birchett
AP English Language -2B
23 September 2016
Characteristics
Connection
These pieces use conceits.
Author to Her Book
To My Dear and Loving Husband
Literature Mind-Map
Connection
Both pieces of literature are about the way of nature and its food cycle.
Characteristics
Connection
These pieces of literature show the Rolls in Nature.
Characteristics
A Generalle Historie of Virginia
1) Fear of death
2)Eagle is messenger and deer is food and clothing
3) Everything is part of the cycle of nature and life
Connection
Both pieces of literature use the literary device of anaphora.
Characteristics
William Bradford (1590 – 1657)
a. gave the group the name of pilgrims
b. intended to land in Virginia, but landed on the tip
of Cape Cod (now Massachusetts) in the winter of 1620
c. as they were about to land the ship, Bradford’s
wife jumped overboard and drowned
d. part of writing the Mayflower compact
e. elected governor of Plymouth (re-elected 30 times)
f. Major Works include “Of Plymouth Plantation”
Characteristics
Jonathan Edwards (1703 – 1758)
a. viewed God as punitive (wrathful) and distant
b. viewed man as basically evil
c. believed that he communicated directly with God d. his sermons sent “whole congregations into hysterical
fits of weeping”
e. Major Works include
i. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Characteristics
1) Extended Metaphor of sky represents the loom which holds the sun which creates light
2) Main message of hard work pays off
3) Tells us that the Earth is our mother and the sky is our father
Connection
Of Plymouth Plantation
Both pieces of literature show Devotion to God/Deity.
Characteristics
1) Narrative of the Lenape tribe
2) Message of everybody brings something different to the group
3) Everyone should spread their own individualism
Connection
These pieces of literature describe the way of life by either stating the daily struggle or explaining the cycle of life.