"Huswifery"

     The poem Huswifery is written by speaker Edward Taylor and is mainly about his wife and how she passionately shows her love and affection to his husband. In the beginning stanzas, Taylor mentions that his wife specifically shows her love by spinning the wheel in order to make him clothes. The reason he mentions spinning the wheel is because she spends her time weaving a bunch of cotton into a beautiful piece of cloth. The audience of the poem is not written to his wife, but to God about his wife and he is showing his gratefulness. The occassion takes place in Puritan times and the purpose is to inform and explain about his wife and the time she spends for him. The subject is also his love towards God and his wife. The tone is appreciative and especially grateful for the type of wife he has.

     Edward Taylor is directly speaking to God in his poem and he mentions how as a wife she is doing what she is supposed to do. There is also personification in his poem because he resembles a robe she made for him, as a "Holy robes of glory" since she put so much work and religion into it. Parts of this poem violates the rules of Puritans because Puritans normally wear simple clothing and she made a cloth that was a heavenly color. Also, he himself feels holy every time he wears the clothes she made for him because of all the time and effort she put into making them. He is feeling holy through her chores. This poem also follows the Puritan values because he talking to God and is constantly mentioning religion throughout the poem.