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English, 03.07.2019 20:50, kace04

What is meant by "i stretched thy joints to make thee even feet"?

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English, 20.07.2019 08:30, StupidFatChipmunk

Read the poem by anne bradstreet. thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, who after birth did'st by my side remain, till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true, who thee abroad exposed to public view; made thee in rags, halting, to the press to trudge 5 where errors were not lessened, all may judge. at thy return my blushing was not small, my rambling brat (in print) should mother call; i cast thee by as one unfit for light, thy visage was so irksome in my sight; 10 yet being mine own, at length affection would thy blemishes amend, if so i could: i washed thy face, but more defects i saw, and rubbing off a spot, still made a flaw. i stretch thy joints to make thee even feet, 15 yet still thou run'st more hobbling than is meet; in better dress to trim thee was my mind, but nought save homespun cloth, in the house i find. in this array, 'mongst vulgars may'st thou roam; in criticks hands beware thou dost not come; 20 and take thy way where yet thou are not known. if for thy father asked, say thou had'st none; and for thy mother, she alas is poor, which caused her thus to send thee out of door. what base meter and line length are used? meter: line length:

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English, 19.09.2019 22:00, ayoismeisjjjjuan

Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, 1 who after birth didst by my side remain, 2 till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true, 3 who thee abroad, exposed to public view, 4 made thee in rags, halting to th’ press to trudge, 5 where errors were not lessened (all may judge). 6 at thy return my blushing was not small, 7 my rambling brat (in print) should mother call, 8 i cast thee by as one unfit for light, 9 the visage was so irksome in my sight; 10 yet being mine own, at length affection would 11 thy blemishes amend, if so i could. 12 i washed thy face, but more defects i saw, 13 and rubbing off a spot still made a flaw. 14 i stretched thy joints to make thee even feet, 15 yet still thou run’st more hobbling than is meet; 16 in better dress to trim thee was my mind, 17 but nought save homespun cloth i’ th’ house i find. 18 in this array ‘mongst vulgars may’st thou roam. 19 in critic’s hands beware thou dost not come, 20 and take thy way where yet thou art not known; 21 if for thy father asked, say thou hadst none; 22 and for thy mother, she alas is poor, 23 which caused her thus to send thee out of door. 24 of what are the speaker's friends guilty? a - taking her book and having it published without her knowledge. b - betraying her by giving her book to a rival publisher. c - revising her work without her knowledge. d - snatching her child and exposing it to the public.

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English, 09.10.2019 18:00, sebasp42

Read the poem by anne bradstreet. thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, who after birth didst by my side remain, till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true, who thee abroad, exposed to public view, made thee in rags, halting to th' press to trudge, where errors were not lessened (all may judge). at thy return my blushing was not small, my rambling brat (in print) should mother call, i cast thee by as one unfit for light, the visage was so irksome in my sight; yet being mine own, at length affection would thy blemishes amend, if so i could. i washed thy face, but more defects i saw, and rubbing off a spot still made a flaw. i stretched thy joints to make thee even feet, yet still thou run'st more hobbling than is meet; in better dress to trim thee was my mind, but nought save homespun cloth i' th' house i find. in this array 'mongst vulgars may'st thou roam. in critic's hands beware thou dost not come, and take thy way where yet thou art not known; if for thy father asked, say thou hadst none; and for thy mother, she alas is poor, which caused her thus to send thee out of door. what extended metaphor (a metaphor which is used throughout the poem) is the basis of the poem.

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English, 18.10.2019 09:00, marsjupiter2554

Th e word “th ou” in line 1 indicates (a) the poem is a letter (b) the poem is an invocation (c) the speaker is employing apostrophe (d) the speaker uses arcane vocabulary to make a point (e) the poem is outdated passage 1. anne bradstreet, “th e author to her book” th ou ill-form’d off spring of my feeble brain, who after birth did’st by my side remain, till snatcht from thence by friends, less wise than true, who thee abroad exposed to public view, made thee in rags, halting to th’ press to trudge, where errors were not lessened (all may judge). at thy return my blushing was not small, my rambling brat (in print) should mother call. i cast thee by as one unfi t for light, th e visage was so irksome in my sight, yet being mine own, at length aff ection would th y blemishes amend, if so i could. i washed thy face, but more defects i saw, and rubbing off a spot, still made a fl aw. i stretcht thy joints to make thee even feet, yet still thou run’st more hobbling than is meet. in better dress to trim thee was my mind, but nought save home-spun cloth, i’ th’ house i fi nd. in this array, ’mongst vulgars may’st thou roam. in critics’ hands, beware thou dost not come, and take thy way where yet thou are not known. if for thy father askt, say, thou hadst none; and for thy mother, she alas is poor, which caused her thus to send thee out of door.

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