Ann Dudley Bradley was an American author who was born in the twelvemonth 1612 and lived for 60 old ages and died in 1672. Among her many plants that she wrote included the verse form tiled ‘The Prologue. ‘ She is best remembered as the first American poet to be published during colonisatiation of America. Edward Taylor was born in Sketchley, Leicestershire, England in 1642 and he lived for 87 old ages till in 1729. He excessively was an American poet during the colonisation of America. A Pastor and a Doctor, one of his verse forms published was tilted ‘Prologue ‘ . The prologue by Ann has eight stanzas and each stanza has six lines, the stanzas of the verse form have been arranged in a simple and clear mode ; while in comparing with the prologue by Edward, written in 1939 from Preparatory Meditation has five stanzas and six lines. The first and the 3rd line of every stanza have been indented left. Ann Bradley in her verse form in the first stanza seems to contemn the inclination to praise and adore war, captains and the male monarchs and there metropoliss and wealth that are as a end point of war. She seems non to be able to oblige herself into taking her pen and paper and praise them. ( For my average pen are excessively superior things ) . To her it is the responsibility of poets and historiographers ‘ to put the facts directly. In her verse form there is a thin line between the facts of history and the semblances of the male monarchs and captains plus there wealth: and there worth will non be deemed by her authorship. The perceptual experience of Ann and the emotions of her bosom seem to look down about the colonisers good manner of life ( great bartas sugared lines ) and she feels saddened about the province of her fellow Americans inn the center of plentifulness. In the Prologue by Edward Taylor, the poet seems to inquire God a rhetoric inquiry, that it ‘s really obvious like a clear sky that the dust that is within the Earth ( work forces ) can non outweigh the entirety of the expansive mountains ( high quality of God ) on the Earth caused it ‘s non their design nor show that can suit the magnificence of the deity. To him he is self holding that being handed a wets pen ( write that is ready to be written with ) will steer him in giving a fantastic congratulations to the Godhead. In the 2nd stanza he glorifies a pen that has been expectedly made for composing utilizing a super refined ink that can even compose on the most improbable surface ( in crystal foliages ) where it can wrote fiercely till the author Michigan.
Both authors seam to praise the art of authorship in conveying out their perceptual experience and in lauding heavenly and in seeking ego worth. ( 2nd stanza for Edward and the fifth and the 6th line of the first stanza for Ann. ) In the 4th to the 6th stanzas, Ann Bradley provinces that they do non anticipate, any expressive linguistic communication ( rhetoric ) from the school male childs nor music ( sweet consort ) from old musical equipments ( broken strings ) nor a beauty that dance to their melody and so her ideas besides sings out but all this is in vain as whatever the issue at manus, it is non reversible as cause nature made it so. These has made her to dislike the Hellenic who through art discovered that there desires can be partially fulfilled by art to a certain extent, but at the terminal of the twenty-four hours an injured encephalon does non accept therapy. ( the fifth stanza ) . The poet is unbearable to every pecking lingua that prejudices her manus that writes and scorns at her work merely because of the high quality of her plants and because she is female. This brings about the subject of gender prejudice and inequality through her plants ( Who says my manus a needle better tantrums. ) and its her responsibility to turn out them incorrect through her plants ( a poets pen all scorn ) even though turn outing them incorrect through her plants will take them to saying that her plants and intelligence are non original but its plagiarized ( last two sentence of the 6th stanza )
Edward Taylor in the 3rd to the fifth and the last stanza refers himself to be the crump of dust that is so low in the society and its merely through his pen that he can convey himself to the degree of the congratulations and high life like the mountains and these he is to make through praising of the Lord through written verse forms written in the most refined if inks ( And Write in Liquid Gold upon Thy Name ; My Letterss till Thy glorification Forth doth fire. ) He continues by saying that no 1 should try to neither interrupt down his enterprises nor laugh at his plant. He apples to the Godhead to animate his plants and may glorification be given to the Godhead who may hold mercy to all those that are looking down at his plants of congratulations ( Nor laugh Thou them to contemn but excuse spring ) . For if glorification is given so it will last ( Thy dust shall populate. ) And that the people should be careful non to contemn at the short approach of his plants as they are still portion of his plants. ( They being Slips slipped from Thy Crumb of Dust. ) Edward as the crump of dust seeks God ( the mountain ) to steer him so that he can demo instance his art and give congratulations and glorification to the Godhead God ( the last stanza ) In the last three stanza for Ann Bradley, she looks back at the ancient Greeks who were mild in there intervention of there adult females but they are still Pretenders ( Else of our sex why feigned they those Nine ) . To her Greeks are Greeks and that work forces should halt engaging wars to turn out to the adult females as they have an advantage and they will ever stand out, all that adult females are seeking from the work forces is some regard and recognition for all that they do ( Yet allow some little recognition of ours ) For even the birds that fly the skies fly high but catch their quarry and that work forces can halt looking down the adult females accomplishments so adult females achievement including her plant is bound to convey more wealth to the work forces by merely admiting them. ( last stanza ) . To reason both authors are looking at the art of authorship as a agency of carry throughing there desires. For Ann Acknowledgement from work forces and for Edward congratulations to the Godhead.