WebbAnalysis of The Day Of Doom Michael Wigglesworth 1631 (Yorkshire) – 1705 Life Love Melancholy Nature Religion War Still was the night, Serene & Bright, A when all Men … WebbWigglesworth's epic poem. The Day of Doom has been referred to as America's first bestseller. Composed of 224 ballad stanzas, the poem laments the "backsliding" of Puritans into sin and complacency, and depicts the final day of Judgement (or "doom") as a series of dramatic confrontations between sinners (i.e. everyone), and their God.
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WebbREADING THE DAY OF DOOM (1662) In his introduction to the twentieth-century edition of Michael Wigglesworth's diary, Edmund Morgan writes: "We have been discovering in recent years that the Puritans were much more human than we once supposed." 1 So, I hope, have we in this class. But Morgan continues: WebbThe Day of Doom: Or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment : with Other Poems. Michael Wigglesworth, Cotton Mather. American News Company, 1867 - … drag race seat mounts
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WebbMichael Wigglesworth (1631–1705) was a Puritan minister and poet whose The Day of Doom was a bestseller in early New England. WebbNarrator, “The Day of Doom”. The opening of Wigglesworth’s poem depicts a scene of serenity and peace. The narrator describes the calm of the night. So calm is this night that all men rest peacefully and without worry. This calm, the narrator notes, was so overwhelming and long-lasting that it seemed it would overcome the world and last ... WebbFrom The Day of Doom by Michael Wigglesworth, 1662 First 8 and last 12 stanzas (the poem has 224 stanzas) Still was the night, Serene & Bright, when all Men sleeping lay; … emma thurling ballarat