Read "Huswifery," by Edward Taylor. Take notes and define any unfamiliar words. Then, respond to the following prompt, in no more than three sentences:
What comparison does the speaker make in "Huswifery"? Why does he make it? What effect does it have?
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Think about the discussion we had on Tuesday. I will be looking for focus, structure, clarity and grammar/mechanics. With such a short format, remember to use words wisely and avoid "excess verbiage."
Think about the discussion we had on Tuesday. I will be looking for focus, structure, clarity and grammar/mechanics. With such a short format, remember to use words wisely and avoid "excess verbiage."
The comparison that the speaker makes in "Huswifery" is between himself and a spinning wheel that makes cloth. I believe the reason for comparing the two is because the speaker is trying to tell God how he wants to be pure, glorious, and to follow Gods foot steps. He compares himself to parts of the spinning wheel. When he says "Thine ordinances make my fulling mills" he is saying how with religious rights or views he wants to become good so he can be glorified just like God. "Fulling mills" means to take away all the dirt or bad things off of cloth and make them clean and pure. This is how the speaker is trying to be with his religious views and sacraments. I think he makes this comparison because a spinning wheel is improving its skills is starting off with something small but in the end makes a huge improvement and this is what the speaker is trying to do with his faith in God. I think it has a positive effect because with the speaker trying to change and follow in Gods footsteps it will allow others to follow and it will make a huge impact in the world.
ReplyDeleteThrough the literary device, conceit, Edward Taylor has made several comparisons between the spinning wheel and his spiritual devotion. In line two, the distaff is being compared to the Bible, or the Word of God. The "flyers” are the "affections" (line 3). The "spoole" is the speaker’s soul (line 4). The “reel” is the speaker's “conversation” with others (line 5). God's ordinances are "fulling mills" (line 10). He makes these comparisons to show how devoted he is to God. At the beginning of the poem, the speaker sees himself as just a piece of cloth. Throughout the poem, he expresses ways that God could use this piece of cloth to create “holy robes for glory” (line 18). This shows the readers that the speaker’s desire is to lead a very righteous life, with the help of God, and wants God to take over his life and “make [him...God’s] spinning wheel complete” (line 1).
ReplyDeleteMarie Hope: some good ideas but watch your focus and length. Good job incorporating parts of poem into response.
ReplyDeleteEdward Taylor compares himself with God’s spinning wheel in the poem “Huswifery” by describing the abstract parts of himself as parts of the wheel. The poem says, “Make me, O Lord, Thy spinning wheel complete” (line 1) and “And make my soul Thy holy spoole to be” (line 4) which shows how Taylor surrenders himself to God, and asks God to embody his faithful self (Taylor) in a spinning wheel of no sin. By becoming this loyal, devoted tool of God, Taylor embarks on a never-ending quest of glorifying God.
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ReplyDeleteThe comparison Taylor draws, is between himself and the cloth of a spinning wheel. The reason this comparison is drawn is in connection to the metaphor of “Gods spinning wheel” and his earth, as well as his followers being the product of his divine loom, each one of the threads in said loom being the qualities that a good puritan should have. The word “huswifery” is defined as domestic work and skills; with this definition and the comparative metaphor, we can conclude that this poems meaning is in the vain of working, and living for god as a good puritan is the product of “gods spinning wheel” and should live and work for his acceptance into heaven, as well as in repayment for their creation is his image.
ReplyDeleteThe comparison that the speaker makes in "Huswifery" is between God and a spinning wheel. Both God, and the spinning wheel are thought of as creators, although while the spinning wheel is used by others to create, God is used by no one. The speaker in this poem is conceitedly asking for God to use him as His instrument of creation, His "spinning wheel."
ReplyDeleteIn the poem "Huswifery" the author uses the comparison of the bible, his Holy Spirit, ordinances and glory as different aspects of a loom working to create something better. This comparison conveys the puritan idea that God works in people to change them and make them better, much like the loom works to combine different pieces into the finished product of "robes for glory."
ReplyDeleteIn "Huswifery", Edward Taylor makes a comparison between himself and the spinning wheel "Make me, O Lord, Thy spinning wheel complete" because he wants god to use him for his work and lead the way so he can eventually be "clothed in holy robes". In this case god is the spinning wheel, the master weaver. The effect of this comparison tells the readers that one cannot achieve religious grace through one's own effort because god is the supreme ruler and shaper of one's destiny.
ReplyDeleteEdward Taylor compares weaving a piece of cloth on a spinning wheel with evolving his faith and becoming a spiritually balanced person in "Huswifery". He hopes to be seen as wearing "holy robes" and to "glorify" the "holy spirit" by sewing god's word into his soul with the holy "fliers". When presented to god he hopes to "shine" due to his "words, and actions" displayed before his "glory".
ReplyDeleteIn this poem, Edward Taylor compares himself to a spinning wheel which makes cloths. Taylor decides to give up his life and to let God use him as the spinning wheel, "Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheele compleat"。 In the words of Taylor's, he also compared parts of the wheel to our life. which implied that our life is like the cloths, were putting together by the master of the wheel, where in this case, the master would be the God. In addition, he also tells the reader that only if the God is the master of the wheel, his life will be glorify. I think this has a postive effect by showing how deeply his desire to become more closer to the God. Which also can bring a big impacet to the world and the religion.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem "Huswifery", Edward Taylor compares himself to the wheel which makes cloths, and the master of the wheel would be the God. Taylor decides to give up his life and let God to use him as the wheel.“Make me, O Lord, Thy spinning wheel complete”. In the words of Taylor's, he also implied that our life is like clothes, were putted together by the master of the wheel, where in this case, the master would be the God. In addition, he also compared lives to each part of the wheel. From the poem and the sentences, we can know that Taylor is writing a letter, and the audience is the God. I think this is a positive effect, because through the poem, it express how much that Taylor is trying to become more closer to the God, and also tells reader that his life will be gloried if only if God uses him as the wheel
ReplyDeleteIn his poem "Huswifery," Edward Taylor compares his own conversation with God to a reel, where his words and parts of himself are spun in order to glorify God. This example of literary conceit, or an extended metaphor, is used to explain Taylor's wish for God to "Make [him] [His] loom" (line 7). The metaphor is effective because it helps exaggerate Taylor's faith for God, therefore showing the reader how loyal he is to his religion.
ReplyDeleteIn Edward Taylor's poem, "Huswifery" Edward Taylor uses a conceit, or an elaborate, far fetched metaphor to compare God to a spinning wheel, and himself to something that the spinning wheel is constructing. These metaphors elaborates on the main Puritan belief that "everything in life is directly caused by God's actions"; this is shown when Edward Taylor says "make mine affections, thy swift flyers neat" (3), meaning that he wants God to make his emotions neat, using the flyers to represent his emotions. The effect of comparing God to a spinning wheel and himself to something that the spinning wheel is making demonstrates his Puritan faith.
ReplyDeleteEdward is saying that he truly wants to be a holy person. He compares himself to God's spinning wheel. He talks about the ingredients he needs to become "clothed in holy robes for glory," such as God's holy word and ordinances.
ReplyDeleteIn Edward Taylor’s poem “Huswifery”, the speaker uses an extended metaphor to compare the procedure of weaving “heavenly” clothing to living a zealous life devoted to god. Taylor creates this metaphorical link in order to demonstrate his deep devotion, passion to God, and to glorify god as the speaker states in the poem “my ways with glory and thee glorify” (line 16). It has an immense effect on the reader for Taylor takes an abstract spiritual concept and compares it to a tangible object, in this case a spinning wheel, in order to make his complex deliberations easier to understand.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem "Huswifery" the author Edward Taylor makes a comparison between a spinning wheel and his life, by doing this the speaker authorizes God to take control of his body with the "holy word". Therefor if he is being conducted by God as a result of the spinning wheel , he would have the effect of being holy and "glorify" . The outcome would also bring positivity to his life because of the "holy spirit" God would intertwined.
ReplyDeleteIn "Huswifery" the author, Edward Taylor, compares himself to Gods "spinning wheel." He wants to live like God so that he can be the model human or "Spinning Wheel" and gain the glory of God, with his "affections [as] [Gods] swift flyers" (line 3), "make [his] soul [Gods] holy spool" (line 4) and by doing doing this he will be able to be "clothed in holy robes for glory." (line 18) The effect this has is to show the readers how to be the best human you can be by living in the words and teachings of God.
ReplyDeleteBy using conceit in his poem, “Huswifery”, Edward Taylor compares his body to a “spinning wheel” (Line 1). By constantly asking “Thy Holy spirit, Lord”, or God to control every aspect and small detail of the “fine” “yarn” within the spinning wheel (such as when he asks god to “dye” the yarn with “heavenly colors choice” Line 11) he asks God to guide his every “ judgment…conscience… action” and etc. in God’s will until the “fine” “yarn” becomes “holy robes for glory”. This supports the Puritan belief that God has complete control over the destiny of every human, and that by following the testament of God, one may find salvation in Heaven if He decides it.
ReplyDeleteIn Huswifery, Edward Taylor satires the practices of the Catholic Church by making a comparison between his prayers and holy clothes. In Lines 13-15, Taylor says the clothes will embody all of the things the the Puritan ideas about faith. Taylor clearly criticizes the Catholic Church by saying that the clothes have all the affection and faith in God not the people.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem "Huswifery" by Edward Taylor, Taylor uses conceit (a complex metaphor used to offer deeper understanding of something) to compare himself to a spinning wheel which makes clothes and God as the one controlling the wheel. Throughout the poem, Taylor asks God to take full control of the wheel, and requests that God "...weave the Web thyselfe" (line 9) and dye the clothes in hid color of choice so that he will be "...Cloathd in Holy robes for glory" (line 18), or essentially be the way God wants him to be. By making this comparison, Taylor displays his Puritan belief that God is the most important figure in one's life, and that everything should be done for the grace of God.
ReplyDeleteIn Huswifery Edward Taylor compares his boy to a spinning wheel and his daily tasks to the different parts. In lines 6-12 he is asking to be used by god and live a life that he approves of. last he wants all the good things he has done for god to be judge positively then the time comes.
ReplyDeleteIn Edward Taylor's poem Huswifery, Taylor uses conceit, an extended metaphor, to make a comparison between him and the god's spinning wheel that is used to create cloth. He makes this comparison to show how he has appealed to god to take total control of him because when a weaver is weaving, he or she has a total control of the cloth while they are weaving and when he is compared, he is like the cloth who is in total control by the god. This has an effect of god becoming the supreme ruler of the world and everyone's lives will be exercised with total control by god and their destinies will be decided by the god.
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