Anne+Bradstreet+Literary+Techniques

=//Another//= "My dumpish thoughts, my groans, my brakish tears My sobs, my longing hopes, my doubting fears" "the grass that in the meads do stand" "His little world's a fathom under water"
 * repetition
 * shows how seriously Bradstreet feels and all the negativity sets the mood for the rest of the poem
 * imagery
 * gives the reader a mental image, and sets a high bar for comparison a few lines later in the poem
 * metaphor
 * tells the read that his life is crap, and sets his life in a negative tone

//As Spring The Winter Doth Succeed//
"The earth all black is cloth'd in green"
 * imagery
 * shows the reader that winter was there but now plants are starting to grow again

"A shadow from the fainting heat" "I have accesse unto his Throne, Who is a God so wondrous great"
 * metaphor (is comparing her shelter from the storm to this)
 * tells readers that this shelter will go unnoticed by any storms and will be safe
 * hyperbole (a second ago it was a shelter and now it's super important)
 * is used to tell the reader how important the shelter for her is

//The Four Elements//
"The Fire, Air, Earth and water did contest"
 * personification
 * sets up theme for rest of poem

"water so provoked that roaring in it came" "rumbling hissing, puffing"
 * imagery
 * makes reader imagine huge waves coming in
 * repetition
 * gives reader a mental image, makes poem flow, tells reader what is going on in the element's fight

personification: giving something non-human human qualities simile: comparing two unlike things using like or as metaphor: comparing two unlike things by saying one is the other Hyperbole: a great exaggeration imagery: uses the imagination to produce mental images repetition: repeating words or phrases (i.e. assonance, consonance, etc)