Read aloud “The Author to Her Book,” a poem that employs a metaphor that is downright dangerous, especially in a poem from a colony where women could be severely punished for adultery. Why might Bradstreet make that choice— and how do the tone and the context of the poem provide some validation and protection?

Make sure to integrate one to two pieces of evidence into your full paragraph response. (Remember from English Composition courses that your paragraphs should not begin nor end with evidence. You will need to explain how the evidence fits and proves what you are claiming in the first sentence/topic sentence of your paragraph.)

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Anne Bradsteet Assignment