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1 Edward Taylor Alex Ridley

2 Edward Taylor Born in England Attended Harvard Pastor of church in Massachusetts Poems were in complete publish by 1960 Only American poet of the metaphysical school

3 Puritan Beliefs Predestination Irresistible grace Sanctification The elect

4 Puritan Plain Style Preferred Geneva Bible over King James version Writings glorified God not writer Emphasis on nouns and verbs Lack of descriptive language

5 Taylor’s Writing Style Metaphysical -Employs paradoxical images Conceit -Trying to sustain comparison between unlike things

6 “Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold” http://www.eliteskills.com/c/11532

7 Citations http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/purdef.htm http://www.byzantinecommunications.com/adamhowar d/homework/highschool/earlyamerican.html http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0832886.html http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/glossaryIt em.do?id=8057 http://www.eliteskills.com/c/11532 http://anglistika.webnode.cz/products/taylor-edward- upon-a-wasp-chilled-with-cold/ http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/nov el_18c/defoe/puritanism.html#grace

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