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Anne Bradstreet Plain Style and Ornate Style

Anne Bradstreet Plain Style and Ornate Style. Plain Style. Simple words in clear order Most Puritan’s wrote in plain style because, as they saw it, God’s word could not be improved by human decoration Wished to make divine words so everyone could understand it

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Anne Bradstreet Plain Style and Ornate Style

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  1. Anne Bradstreet Plain Style and Ornate Style

  2. Plain Style • Simple words in clear order • Most Puritan’s wrote in plain style because, as they saw it, God’s word could not be improved by human decoration • Wished to make divine words so everyone could understand it • Homely and raw “from the wilderness”

  3. According to Benjamin Franklin (not a Puritan) plain style writing should be “smooth, clear, and short.” • Perhaps this style has persisted over time b/c it appeals to American democracy, its straightforwardness, its ability to be understood by all, and the fact that it doesn’t hide the naked truth.

  4. Compare and Contrast the two Psalm 23 A Psalm of David (pgs. 8 & 9) • What is the metaphor? • What about imagery? • Symbolism? How is The Day of Doom (1662) stylistically different from the 23 A Psalm of David even though it is written in Puritan plain style?

  5. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America • 1st volume of poems published by an American • One of the 1st volumes of poetry in English written by a woman • Anne Bradstreet

  6. Bradstreet’s poetry • Some longer poems written in learned style on subjects such as medicine, history, and qualities of fire (in 1st published edition of poetry) • 2nd edition (28yrs later) contains shorter poems written in a simpler style, about children, husband, and home • Recurring theme: Puritan belief that one must not become too attached to things of the world

  7. To be a woman • Bradstreet, as other Puritan women, believed that men were superior to women • She felt it improper for a woman to appear in print • Too bad for her beliefs…she is considered the 1st American poet.

  8. Ornate Style • Meaning can be simple but clouded by the ornate style • References to ideas/works people may not know • Odd sentence structure • parallelism

  9. Literary Terms • Diction---kinds of words chosen by an author (long, short, common, uncommon, etc…) • Bradstreet’s diction is of the plain style---short and conversational • Iambic couplet • Iambic refers to rhythmical pattern of unaccented syllable followed by accented • Couplet refers to two successive lines that rhyme • Both of Bradstreet’s poems are iambic couplets

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