Soph homework due October 8 on Anne Bradstreet's The Prologue to The Tenth Muse

Follow this link to read The Prologue to The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, Anne Bradstreet's book of poetry.

The link provides "linked notes" to important words and phrases in the poem--these helpful notes will help you to understand some esoteric allusions and metaphors in the poem.

In your notebook, paraphrase the poem, stanza by stanza. I would think that you should be able to paraphrase each stanza by writing 2-3 sentences. You might want to print out the poem, too.

We will discuss this poem in class on Tuesday, October 8.