Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Reading Notes Week 6B: Barbauld

To a Little Invisible Being Who is Expected Soon to Become Visible

This poem is about a baby that will be born soon. The baby is being described as having limitless potential _ "what powers llie folded in thy curious frame,"

the poet is eager and anxiously awaiting the arrival - "burst thy prision doors," haste, infante bud of being, haste to blow" "Favoring spells to speed thee on thy way"

From Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, A Poem

This poem was written at a time of war with France and is told in a very negative tone.  There is mention of nature however as being something to look forward to in such dark times.


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