"The Author To Her Book", by Anne Bradstreet is a poem directed towards her previously written book. The whole poem is an extended metaphor as it is writing about writing. The book is personified as her child and thus there is simple rhyme and rhythm. The poem is written in iambic pentameter, and in rhyming couplets. The whole piece has only three sentences, yet it is not short, and consists of many commas. The commas are pauses, which portray breathing, and deeper meaning behind the words because there is therefore, more time to think. It is made up of run-ons, and is an enjambment. To ad…
