A Brief Escape From Puritan Society
In “Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold” Edward Taylor personifies a wasp as a beautiful woman. In a puritan culture, describing a beautiful woman was against society, but the speaker personifies a wasp to escape this. It is ironic that the speaker chooses to describe the beauty of a wasp because a wasp was referred to as “annoying” in the Old Testament. This may have been another way of avoiding puritan society. At the end of the poem, the speaker asks God to clear his mind. This can be seen as a way to ask for forgiveness from God and other puritans. 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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Approximate Word count = 514
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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