As noted before, I'm not a poetry person. To be honest, I'm a little tired of reading about the religion of the Puritans. I understand that it was a major issue/concept/concern for them. but after awhile a break would be nice.
That being said, Taylor's vivid metaphors caught my attention. I particularly enjoyed Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold. The poem begins without the Wasp being a metaphor but instead a simple character. Much like Anne Bradstreet wrote about crickets and trees and nature in her Contemplations. Towards the end, the wasp become a metaphor of what Christians should do and how they should act when something bad happens to them.
Cotton Mather's The Wonders of the Invisible World provided me with the break I was looking for. I am a little disappointed that we didn't read some insert from one of his conduct books. I think it would be very interesting to see what kind of conduct was expected at that time.
But as far as The Wonders of the Invisible World, I found it interesting how the witchcraft was seen as the last attack on the Puritan's by the devil. Not the latest, but the devil's last ditch effort to bring the new colonies down. What would you consider everything that has happened since? Religion certainly isn't America's primary issue/concept/concern today. Did burning "witches" really keep Americans out of the devil's reach?
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