to make thee even feet.” Just as a mother of that time would have stretched her baby’s legs to make them equal in length, Bradstreet worked to make the feet of her poem equal, in this case five feet—a pentameter—long, which is similar to the style of other poets during the colonial time. She ends her poem by reminding her “baby” to be sure to tell people that is has no father, only a poor mother. “The Author to Her Book” shows Bradstreet’s feelings about the unauthorized printing of her work. She expresses her modesty about her ability to write by comparing her work to “homespun cloth” meaning that is was coarse and unrefined. Bradstreet also uses humor to express her feelings about the publication of her work without corrections, but there is still some genuine discomfort. “At thy return my blushing was not small” shows that she was a bit embarrassed about the world reading her rough drafts, but she amends her view towards the book as the poem continues. “Yet being mine own, at length affection would Thy blemishes amend…” illustrates that she truly loves her poetry, and after it is “cleaned” she takes pride in it. She show her delight in her work with the admonition “If for thy Father asked, say thou had’st none.” Bradstreet wanted everyone to recognize her for the talented woman writer that she was, but requested this acknowledgment in a humble way.Because she was a woman writer, Anne Bradstreet chose to write about domestic things. In “The Author to Her Book” Bradstreet writes about something she knows. Being a mother of eight, Bradstreet knew about children, and therefore, compares her book to a baby. Her domestic subject matter was unusual because the men of the time wrote about adventure and childbearing, while dangerous, was not thought to be exciting. Bradstreet brought her person...
