Ann Bradstreet Symbolism
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In TATHB the author connects the strife of raising a child and creating self-satisfying writing. Bradstreet's tone is filled with contempt and criticism towards her "offspring". She scorns her writing for its incapbalitiy to be faultless. However, she still takes pride in her work and desires to mend the faults found within her creation. She does not just give up entirely; she tries to solve her problem. Anne Bradstreet is displeased with her subject's defects but feels a strong urge to correct these faults.
Bradstreet feels contempt and disregard towards her writing. She "casts thee by as one unfit for light". She finds her writing appalling and unfit to be looked upon. She wishes to toss it away into the darkness where no one will see her "ill-formed" creation of hers...