Question

which statement best describes the difference between the way the poets address their subjects in \the author to her book\ and \a hymn to the evening\?

• bradstreet uses descriptive words to emphasize care that goes into writing, while wheatley uses descriptive words to show gratitude.
• bradstreet describes an individual person, while wheatley describes an idea or image.
• bradstreet uses descriptive words to emphasize a mother’s role, while wheatley uses descriptive words to emphasize god’s actions.
• bradstreet simply describes her care for writing, while wheatley simply describes care for nature.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the poems: In "The Author to Her Book", Bradstreet (treating her book as a child) uses descriptive words to show the care in writing. In "A Hymn to the Evening", Wheatley uses descriptive words to express gratitude for the evening (a natural, almost divine image). The first option matches: Bradstreet emphasizes care in writing, Wheatley shows gratitude. The other options misinterpret: second misstates Wheatley’s subject (she describes the evening, an image, but Bradstreet’s subject is her book, not an individual person); third misfocuses on mother’s role/god’s actions (not central); fourth oversimplifies (their descriptions are more nuanced, with Bradstreet’s care and Wheatley’s gratitude - themed description).

Answer:

The first option (top - left): Bradstreet uses descriptive words to emphasize care that goes into writing, while Wheatley uses descriptive words to show gratitude.