Edward Taylor

Huswifery
by Edward Taylor
Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheele compleat;
Thy Holy Worde my Distaff make for mee.
Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neate,
And make my Soule thy holy Spoole to bee.
My Conversation make to be thy Reele,
And reele the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheele.


Make me thy Loome then, knit therein this Twine:
And make thy Holy Spirit, Lord, winde quills:
Then weave the Web thyselfe. The yarn is fine.
Thine Ordinances make my Fulling Mills.
Then dy the same in Heavenly Colours Choice,
All pinkt with Varnish't Flowers of Paradise.


Then cloath therewith mine Understanding, Will,
Affections, Judgment, Conscience, Memory;
My Words and Actions, that their shine may fill
My wayes with glory and thee glorify.
Then mine apparell shall display before yee
That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory.

Thesis Statement:
Edward Taylor uses conceit, diction, and rhyme in "Huswifery" to explain how the speaker's determination to be recieved in heaven by God is very much like the determination needed to take care of the home.

reflection:
I really liked this poem because it shows the work put into being worthy of God is a lot of work just like the work put into changing raw wool into robes.  What impressed me was that the speaker was willing to give himself over to God so easily because even in my church I havent seen any one do it so completly.