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| The name of the religious reform movement that began in England in the sixteenth century. | Puritanism |
| Because the Puritans sought to reform the Church of England and reshape British society, what happened to them? | They were persecuted and fled to the American colonies. |
| What occupation was Taylor's in England? | A teacher |
| From where did Taylor graduate in America? | Harvard College |
| Why did Taylor allow only two stanzas of his poetry to be published in his lifetime? | He thought his poetry was a form of personal worship. |
| The year Taylor's writings were first published. | 1939 |
| What "Huswifery" means. | "housekeeping" |
| What is the name given to the writing style of the Puritans? | The Puritan Plain Style |
| What is the writing style of the Puritans characterized by? | short words, direct statements, and references to ordinary objects |
| Why did the Puritans refrain from appealing to the senses or emotions in their poetry? | The Puritans believed poetry served God by expressing religious ideas. |
| What does the literary term "apostrophe" mean? | The use of apostrophe denotes a direct address by the speaker of an absent person, personified object, quality, or idea. |
| What is a conceit in poetry? | A startling extended metaphor that makes a surprising connection between two things. |
| What does Taylor compare the process of clothesmaking to? | By thinking and behaving in ways that glorify God, the speaker figuratively wears "holy robes." |
| The use of ___________ in the first stanza of Bradstreet's poem suggests growing emotional intensity. | repetition |
| A ________ is a unit of two or more lines of poetry arranged in patterns of rhythm or meter or rhyme. | stanza |
| A paraphrase of the first two lines, "If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee;" is | We must be the ideal couple; you are the most beloved husband. |
| What is the theme of "To My...Husband"? | The love the speaker has for her husband is deep and lasting. |
| When an author uses deliberate exaggeration, this is called___________. | hyperbole |
| "That when we live no more, we may live ever" is an example of | paradox |
| What does the stanza, "That when we live no more, we may live ever" reveal about Puritan beliefs in the afterlife? | Bradstreet believed she would love her husband in an afterlife (heaven) for eternity. |
