Huswifery

Crystal dela Plata
English 201
Mrs. Kohli
An Analysis of Edward Taylor’s poem “Huswifery”
“Huswifery” is a poem written by Edward Taylor. Edward Taylor was most likely born in 1642, in Leicestershire, England (Rowe 456). He was the son of a yeoman farmer and studied at Cambridge University (Rowe 456). “As a preacher and a Puritan, […], Talyor felt spiritually unworthy of God’s grace” (Rowe 458). This is seen through his peotic works as he uses different metaphysical conceits in each of his poems to show his love for God, as well as, the collective aspects of his spirituality. Edward Taylor uses metaphysical conceit in his poem “Huswifery” to portray each of his spiritual blessings as a part of the whole of himself through the art of weaving.
Taylor uses the art of weaving as metaphysical conceit to describe each spiritual part of his self as a tool being spun for God’s use. Taylor already feels unworthy of God’s grace; he is simply asking to be used ...