Poetry

=//Poetry//=


 * What does poetry mean to you? why?**



Poetry is a word in which one definition does not fit. Every poem, and every individual who writes a poem, are different, and the meaning behind the words in each poem are just as diverse. Every poem is way for the author to express feelings they hold deep inside, and to express themselves. Sometimes it is for their own personal use, and other times it is for the whole world to read. By understanding the feelings that the poem has inscribed within its words, one can better understand the life of the author. This also works in the opposite effect. If one knows the life of the author, one may better understand the poem itself and the reason for which it was written.
 * //Background//**

[|Edward Taylor]

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[|Anne Bradstreet] [|Jonathan Edwards]

Edward Taylor's __"Huswifery"__

Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear Loving Husband"

Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

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