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1、ReligiousAspectsin“BeforetheBirthofOneofHerChildren”and“Huswifery”AnneBradstreetandEdwardTaylorarebothearlyEuropeansettlersintheNewWord.Ascontemporarypuritanpoets,theirworksreflecttheirreligiousbelief.However,thereligiousinformationthattheirworkscarryaredifferentfromeachother.Bradstreet’s“Before
2、theBirthofOneofHerChildren”lookslikealovepoemtoherhusbandandunbornchild,butitisalsoapieceofworkinpuritanpoetry.Inthefirstlineofthepoem,“Allthingswithinthisfadingworldhathend,”thespeakertalksabouttheendoflifeandexpressesatypicalChristianideathatlifeistransitory.Becauselifeisshort,Christiandoctrin
3、esmakethefollowersviewmiseriesoptimistically:“Adversitydothstillourjoyesattend”(2).Theimageinthepoemisofawomanwhosuffersgreatpanicwhensheisgivingbirthtoherbaby,butshestilltalksaboutjoy.Moreover,thespeakersays,“Howsoon’tmaybethyLottolosethyfriend”(8);theword“Lot”isaBiblicalpun—akindofBiblicalhumo
4、r.Thewomanshowsheroptimismbytellingjokesatamomentbetweenlifeanddeath.Christiansmostlybelievehumanbeingsaresimple;everythingthathappenstothemisfateorGod’sarrangement,justlikethespeaker’sopinionaboutlove,“Webothareignorant,yetlovebidsme”(9).Themanandthewomangettogetherbecause“lovebids”;itisnotther
5、esultoftheirowneffort.What’smore,accordingtotheChristianpointofview,marriageisjustanearthlyaffair,“Thatwhenthatknot’sunty’dthatmadeusone/Imayseemthine,whoineffectamnone”(11-12).Inthesetwolines,thespeakerthinksthatthemarriagewillbeinvalidafterthewoman’sdeath.Thespeakerdoesn’texpresspessimismtowar
6、dsdeath;onthecontrary,sheshowsakindofreligiousacceptanceofdeath.Taylor’s“Huswifery”comparesthemanufacturingprocesstotheworshipofGod.Taylorusessimilesinthepoem,andthereligiousinformationismoreobviousthaninBradstreet’s“BeforetheBirthofOneofHerChildren.”“Huswifery”isahousewife’swork;hereitliterally
7、meansweavingcloth.Thepoemhasthreestanzas,eachofwhichdescribesastepofweaving.Thefirststanzastandsfor“spinning,”thesecondstanzastandsfor“weaving,”andthethirdstanzastandsfor“clothing.”Inthefirststanza,“ThyHolyWordsmyDistaffmake
