Huswifery

"Huswifery"

Make me, O Lord, thy Spining Wheele compleate.Thy Holy Worde my Distaff make for mee.Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neateAnd make my Soule thy holy Spoole to bee.My Conversation make to be thy ReeleAnd reele the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheele.Make me thy Loome then, knit therein this Twine:And make thy Holy Spirit, Lord, winde quills:Then weave the Web thyselfe. The yarn is fine.Thine Ordinances make my Fulling Mills.Then dy the same in Heavenly Colours Choice,All pinkt with Varnisht Flowers of Paradise.Then cloath therewith mine Understanding, Will,Affections, Judgment, Conscience, MemoryMy Words, and Actions, that their shine may fillMy wayes with glory and thee glorify.Then mine apparell shall display before yeeThat I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory.

Response



In the poem that is constructed by Taylor, he turns to God to guide him into a virtuous life. Being such a life that Taylor will find hard at the beginning and easy at the end. Another important fact to note is that Taylor uses many metaphors to get his messages across within the poem. An example of a metaphor that was used in his poem was "Make me". This shows that the author is disparate to get gods approval and to enter into heaven. Such messages are symbolic to the human kind as each message symbolizes the virtues of Taylor. As I have just reached home to greet my parents, I have just finished a puzzling poem.







Diary entry:



Dear Diary Today is a day that I will treasure my whole life today I have made new friends including some Natives. Luckily I was able to learn a couple of words just from my first day with them. Besides this one of my new friends gave me a peace of paper and asked me to read it was called “Huswefiry” by Edward Taylor. I was thrilled that they asked for my help to read a poem. As I started to translate it I thought to myself what the meaning of the poem is. However I was able realize that Taylor conveys himself as humbled woman performing different types of activities around the house.In the poem Taylor asks God to guide him through the challenges of life. Which he knows will be rough because he is one of the first to live in the New World, I believe. Another thing I noticed was that Taylor used many metaphors to get his messages across through the poem. Some messages being symbolic to the man kind, like a robe. As I have just finished reading this poem I aloud I was able to inspire those fellow Indians to follow God and his wisdom.

Sincerely,
Peter Wicks