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Essay / Figurative Language In Anne Bradstreet's "The Prologue"
Specifically, she uses synecdoche to say, "I am hateful to every carping tongue / Who said my hand is better suited to a needle" (21 -2). She uses synecdoche by choosing to draw attention to the “mocking tongue” of those who would criticize her and make her work only at home. She also uses synecdoche to show the speaker's envy of the great poet Bartas when she says, "But when my wondering eyes and my envious heart / The sweet lines of the great Bartas only read, / Fool, I The muses have not separated / “Between him and me this too abundant store” (7-10). Bartas' words speak to his heart. The poetry had an intense effect on the speaker, causing her to desire even a small part of the talent given to