Instead of describing a beautiful woman in the poem, the speaker characterizes a wasp to avoid the consequences of a conservative puritan culture. "In Sol's warm breath and shine as saving, / Which with her h

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The second stanza of the poem is asking God to clear his mind so that he can see God's beauty. This can be seen as a way of asking for forgiveness from God and other puritans. Although the speaker indirectly described a beautiful woman, the speaker wants other puritans to be assured of his own knowledge of his sins. "Lord, clear my misted sight that I / May hence view Thy Divinity" (Taylor l. 30) shows how the speaker asks God to cleanse his mind so that he only sees the beauty of God. In the second stanza the speaker begins to directly talk about the wasp. "A nimble Spirit bravely mind / Her work in every limb" (Taylor ll. 36-37) compliments a wasp's sharp mind and it's work.

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Approximate Word count = 514
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)