Question

Anne Bradstreet's "The Author to Her Book" I realize she is writing about her poems and not a child but where is the irony in that?

Answer 1

Did you read my previous post??

http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1216813542

Answer 2

Is not the book her child....the product of her affair with the world? Unless you have written a book, it is difficult to conceive of the work as your child, but in fact, it is. You love to love it, and hate it.