WorksheetsPuritan Poetry: Huswifery & To My Dear and Loving Husband
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What specific activities does the poem "Huswifery" describe?
purchasing yarn and spools
dressing for one's funeral
doing the daily housework
spinning and weaving
Puritans believed that poetry that appealed to the senses or emotions was
juvenile
dangerous
sacred
a reflection of God's many gifts
Puritans believed that poetry should only serve God by expressing religious ideas.
True
False
An apostrophe is
a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses a person who is alive and physically present
A comparison using like or as
A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses a person who is dead or not physically present
A conceit is a kind of metaphor, used as the subject of a poem, that
compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way.
rhymes
is religious
is sinful
Anne Bradstreet's primary audience is --
God
her husband
other married women
jealous lovers
In Anne Bradstreet's poem, the "ye women" to whom the speaker refers are women who are--
competing for the affection of the speaker's husband
jealous of the speaker
also married
young maidens
Read the following lines from Bradstreet's poem:
"I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.
The tone of these lins can best be described as--
accepting
exuberant
understated
neutral
In the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband", the phrase “ought but love from thee, give recompense” (line 8), most nearly means—
All I’ve earned and desire from you is your love in return
As my husband, you owe me much more than love
I love you even if you do not return my love as you should
We deserve more from life, but our love is enough to sustain
In Bradstreet's poem, the final three lines signals a shift from—
A hopeful tone to an anxious tone
An attitude of speculation to one of conviction
realism to fantasy
worldly concerns to spiritual concerns
In her poem, " To My Dear and Loving Husband", Anne Bradstreet compares her love for her husband to what?
the moon and stars
a deep ocean
a lonely forest
all of the riches of the East
What image from "Huswifery" may have contradicted the Puritan requirements that clothing be dark and undecorated?
"dye the same in heavenly colors choice..."
"...weave the web Thyself. The yarn is fine."
"Then clothe within mine understanding..."
"That I am clothed in holy robes for glory."
Who is the author of "To My Dear and Loving Husband"?
Edward Taylor
Johnathan Edwards
Anne Bradstreet
John Smith
Who is the author of "Huswifery"?
Edward Taylor
Johnathan Edwards
Anne Bradstreet
John Smith
What internal conflict did Anne Bradstreet struggle with?
Her 8 children
staying faithful to her husband
her attachment to worldly pleasures
believing in an afterlife
Anne Bradstreet was the first women in colonial America to be published in a book of poetry.
True
False
