Unit 2 Flashcards
(42 cards)
What was the essential principle in translating?
No embellishments
What was the first book printed in this country?
The bay psalm book, it remained in New England churches for nearly 150 years
How would the translators represent each verse?
It doer feared one stanza and stanzas of four lines
How is the language discribes?
As simple
How many syllables per line?
6 to 8
How was roger Williams influential?
His belief of separation of church and state changed view of political and religious groups
What did Williams do after he left the bay colony?
Rhode Island
Even though Williams remained outside the church what did he do?
Preach to the Indians
What did Williams believe?
That religious conviction does not exempt a person from normal obligations of citizenship
Why did he write a key into the language of America?
To introduce the Narragansett Indian language to English speaking people
What did Anne Bradstreet accomplish?
Writing a sizable body of verse
What else did Anne Bradstreet accomplish?
Recording the touchingly human drama of Puritan life
What are brad streets catogories?
Religious and domestic
What shows an appreciation of God’s nature that leads to appreciation of God’s majesty?
Contemplations
This poem does not show Anne questioning God’s purpose, nor her lack of faith, she never questions God.
On my dear grandchild
She determines God is just because all of her goods and belongings belong to God himself.
Burning of our house
Finest love poem out of Puritan New England.
To my dear and loving husband
What poetic device is shown with Bradstreet?
Paradox
In meditations Devine and moral, what is authority without wisdom?
An axe without and edge
Who was not well known?
Edward Taylor
What else did Taylor do besides being a pastor?
Physician and organizer of defense against the Indians
What does the marriage metaphor emphasize?
Incarnation
What does God’s love do?
Overflow hell
What does Taylor claim in the experience?
His relationship with God is better than that of the Angels
