Edward Taylor Hermann Sondermann 1832 1901 Family with

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Edward Taylor Hermann Sondermann (1832– 1901) Family with woman at spinning wheel Deutsch: Familie

Edward Taylor Hermann Sondermann (1832– 1901) Family with woman at spinning wheel Deutsch: Familie mit Frau am Spinnrad (detail) Düsseldorf, 1879

Place of birth

Place of birth

Date of birth • 1645

Date of birth • 1645

Date of death (if applicable) • 1729

Date of death (if applicable) • 1729

Place of death (if applicable)

Place of death (if applicable)

Burial location (if mentioned)

Burial location (if mentioned)

Interesting facts about this author’s childhood

Interesting facts about this author’s childhood

Marriage and family

Marriage and family

Place(s) where this author lived. Include dates and explain how each place influenced them.

Place(s) where this author lived. Include dates and explain how each place influenced them. • Massachusetts – inspired his poetry.

How did this author become inspired to write? • Writes about an individual’s relationship

How did this author become inspired to write? • Writes about an individual’s relationship to God using conceits (elaborate and unusual comparisons between two startlingly different subjects).

Where applicable, explain any obstacles this writer faced. • Considered his poetry a personal

Where applicable, explain any obstacles this writer faced. • Considered his poetry a personal form of worship and didn’t allow most of it to be published during his lifetime.

How successful was this author during his/her lifetime • Minister • Allowed only two

How successful was this author during his/her lifetime • Minister • Allowed only two stanzas from one poem published during his lifetime… • …thus, unknown as author.

If the author wasn’t successful or popular at the time of their death, explain

If the author wasn’t successful or popular at the time of their death, explain how and why they are still well known today. • Now considered the finest Puritan writer. • Allowed only two stanzas from one poem published during his lifetime. • Work was published in 1939.

Why is this author considered influential? • Captures the attitudes of second-generation Puritans; •

Why is this author considered influential? • Captures the attitudes of second-generation Puritans; • focuses on self-examination and relationship between individuals and God. • Influenced T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and other modern “metaphysical” poets who also used conceits.

Identify five (5) characteristics of this author • reflective • devout (based on his

Identify five (5) characteristics of this author • reflective • devout (based on his poetry)