The Author to Her Book" was written in the mid-1600s by the Puritan poet Anne Bradstreet, after she and her family had emigrated from England to America. In the poem, Bradstreet explores her own feelings towards her one published collection of poetry, which was supposedly published without her knowledge. This is achieved through an extended metaphor in which she characterizes the book as her flawed child: ____________8Mark for ReviewABCWhich quotation from "The Author to Her Book" most effectively illustrates the claim?A"No sooner blown, but dead and gone, / Ev'n as a word that's speaking."B"And for thy Mother, she alas is poor, / Which caus'd her thus to send thee out of door."C"In Criticks hands, beware thou dost not come; / And take thy way where yet thou art not known,"D"In better dress to trim thee was my mind, / But nought save home-spun Cloth, i' th' house I find."

In Anne Bradstreet's poem "The Author To Her Book," the tone of the poem is also expressed in what verses that indicate her maternal feelings for the book she created and her desire to fix any flaws?"Yet being mine own, at length affection would Thy blemishes amend, if so I could.""His mother said: 'Loud rings the bell, Its voice ne'er think of scorning; Unless thou wilt behave thee well, Twill fetch thee without warning.'""If for thy Father askt, say, thou hast none; And for thy mother, she alas is poor, Which caus'd her thus to send thee out of door.""Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away."

Critics often claim that Edith Wharton, one of the most influential American writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, came to writing later in life, noting that she didn't publish her first novel until she was 40 years old. However, many don't recognize her childhood fascination with writing. By the age of seventeen, she had already completed a novella entitled Fast and Loose and had had many poems published, though all anonymously, since writing was considered improper for a woman of her class. Thus, those who primarily view Wharton as someone who came to writing later in life -------Which choice logically completes the text? risk misrepresenting the influence that her marriage and travels had on her writing.eliminateoverlook important early stages of her development as a writer.eliminatemay draw inaccurate conclusions about how Wharton felt about her own work. eliminatetend to read Wharton's works in an overly simplistic manner.

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Who saved the author's mother from the fire?

Question 22 of 24Read the following excerpt from A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf:[A]ny woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself, or ended her days in some lonely cottage outside the village, half witch, half wizard, feared and mocked at. For it needs little skill in psychology to be sure that a happily gifted girl who had tried to use her gift for poetry would have been so thwarted and hindered by other people.Which statement best states the idea that this excerpt helps to develop?A.Emotions have prevented women from success.B.Historians have glossed over women's achievements.C.Men have conspired to keep women powerless.D.Society has held women back from greatness.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS