al experiences as a woman into her writing and also provided an opening to a whole new dimension to American literature. Soon she would be the great poet being emulated by others. Edward Taylor is an example of this. In his poem “Huswifery,” Taylor used the spinning wheel—a domestic item-as his metaphor. Anne Bradstreet was a devoted wife and an excellent mother. She had a brilliant understanding of literary devices like the pun and the conceit. She drew from her life experiences to find wonderful comparisons and subjects, and used her writing to express her heartfelt emotions of embarrassment, love, and delight. Anne Bradstreet was a wife and mother, but she was also an extraordinary and inspiring writer....
