ipl-logo

Analysis Of The Day Of Doom By Michael Wigglesworth

716 Words3 Pages

Michael Wigglesworth writes a religious poem, "Day of Doom", also known as "A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment." The poem describes the day of judgement, in which God sentences men to either heaven or hell. Wigglesworth publishes the poem in 1662. The poem is a best-selling classic, especially in Puritan New England. The poem bases around how the weak Puritans are falling into sin and self-satisfaction. It narrates the details of the Second Coming of Christ and the day of judgement. "Day of Doom" creates a mental picture of what it will be like on the day of judgement. The poem harshly describes God 's justice and the horrors awaiting sinners. Wigglesworth 's vivid representation children and infants characterizes the inflexible doctrine of Calvinism. Some believe, the purpose of the poem is to be a reminder to those who are not close to God anymore. There are many different opinions and takes on Wigglesworth 's poem.

"Day of Doom" discusses a theme of perdition. Salvation is preservation from harm, while perdition means eternal punishment. Wigglesworth worries about himself and his sins. He is very religious and wants to be faithful to God. Cassell shows this when she says "His motivation for his private work is to empty himself of pride"(1). Cassell also shows that " Wigglesworth 's public works also encourage men and women to put away their personal pride and to submit themselves to the sovereignty of God"(1). In this poem, Wigglesworth sees

Show More
Related

  • Theme Of Oranges By Gary Soto

    199 Words  | 1 Pages

    The overall theme of the poem is sacrifice, more specifically, for the people that you love. Throughout the poem color and personification are used to paint a picture in the reader's head. “Fog hanging like old Coats between the trees.” (46) This description is used to create a monochromatic, gloomy, and dismal environment where the poem takes

    Read More

  • There Will Come Soft Rains Mood

    393 Words  | 2 Pages

    Bradbury uses words like, ‘fire’ and ‘die’ multiple times in the story which plays on people's emotion. He also is referencing dates related to Hiroshima, which happened about 5 years before he wrote There Will Come Soft Rains, when the story ends saying, “today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is…” (Bradbury). Therefore this could be an, “intrusion in our comfort level” which the horror writer association says is included in a horror story. Bradbury is constantly using emotions, which makes us think about this reading in a deeper way.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Midnight Rising By Tony Horwitz

    1122 Words  | 5 Pages

    In “Midnight Rising,” Tony Horwitz grips works of history that prod essential and enduring American themes of race, faith, individualism, violence, and social justice. Horwitz’s book breaks down the life of John Brown, an antislavery warrior. John Brown was raised in a very strong in his Calvinism faith that was instilled in him by his father, Owen Brown. Owen Brown made sure that John was raised properly with a strong heart of faith in Calvinism. Calvinism is “a faith ever vigilant against sin and undue attachment to the things of this world (9).”

    Read More

  • A Magnificent Catastrophe Summary

    852 Words  | 4 Pages

    Critical Book Review: A Magnificent Catastrophe In A Magnificent Catastrophe by Edward Larson, he showed how the young nation of America was during the crazy election of 1800. This election was characterized like so because America had not really established itself yet. America was a young nation that was only partially defined in a sense. This informative piece of work featured two opposing sides with one goal, how American politics worked back then and how people schemed to make it to the top of this never ending cycle of the quest to become one of the most important individuals in the country.

    Read More

  • Figurative Language In The Poem Tuesday 9: 00 Am

    54 Words  | 1 Pages

    In the poem “Tuesday 9:00 AM” Denver Butson writes about how people can not say what is on their mind. He can convey this through the use of figurative language. The figurative language in the poem is used to express the inner conflicts of each character and the addition of details, construct the theme.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Gates Of Fire By Steven Pressfield

    461 Words  | 2 Pages

    Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield is an epic novel about the battle of Thermopylae. Gates of Fire is a work of fiction based upon the true events of the battle of Thermopylae. Most of the story is told from the perspective of Greek Xeones, and then finished by the Egyptian king Xerxes’ squire. Xeones was brought back to life after dying in the battle of Thermopylae by the God Apollo to tell the story of the Spartans (page 8). The story went slowly and out of order but Xeones did this because “the tale seemed to be “telling itself” at the god’s direction that he, its narrator, could only follow where it led” (page 66).

    Read More

  • Killjoys By Andrew Breown Analysis

    351 Words  | 2 Pages

    Killjoy and dismissal Killjoys, defined as people who deliberately spoils the enjoyment of others through resentful or overly sober behavior. I couldn’t say That of anyone except one kid, Andrew Breown. Every time we were having fun he would jump in and shout, “I have crippling depression!”, but every day he would read his depressing stories where the person was void of any emotion except for the really dark depression. Every time he would start to read his stories people would try to scurry out of the room. When he was done someone would be acting like a buffoon trying to cheer everyone up.

    Read More

  • Summary Of One Day Of Destruction Days Of Revolt Sparknotes

    847 Words  | 4 Pages

    Days of Theft, Days of Restoration Attempts to assimilate Native Americans and destroy their culture are a recurrence throughout the history of the United States. Chris Hedges' main argument in the first chapter of his book Days of Destruction Days of Revolt is that, for Native Americans, reconnecting with the culture that was forcibly stolen from them, in this case Lakota culture, could be immensely healing and restorative. He proves his argument with the specific examples of Verlyn Long Wolf, Michael Red Cloud, Leonard Crow Dog, and Duane Brewer. Hedges uses the stories of these people to show how restorative it is to reconnect with the culture that was stolen from them.

    Read More

  • Apocalypse Now Edward O Wilson Summary

    713 Words  | 3 Pages

    Edward O. Wilson’s “Apocalypse Now” was published in the New Republic in September 2006. Wilson uses this paper to urge the evangelical community that the state of the environment is in their best interest. It begins with an address to an imaginary Southern Baptist pastor as Wilson states similarities between himself and the Pastor. He uses their shared religious upbringing, moral behaviors, and nationality to create common ground between them. At the start of the next paragraph, it’s revealed that he has written the Pastor for help.

    Read More

  • Johnathan Edwards Rhetorical Devices

    852 Words  | 4 Pages

    Johnathan Edwards throughout his life time was able to captivate the attention and hearts of his audience with impactful speeches that boasted clever rhetorical devices. Using rhetorical devices to evoke emotional responses from his audience, Johnathan Edwards was able to maintain a potent role in his society throughout the early 1700’s. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Edward’s displayed the potential of rhetorical devices as he delivered his message of fear to the audience in an effective manner. Throughout the sermon Edwards utilized several forms of rhetorical devices including, similes and metaphors, repetition and alliteration, and parallelism.

    Read More

  • The Masque Of The Red Death Literary Analysis

    1117 Words  | 5 Pages

    Same Technique, Different Purpose Descriptive scenery or imagery is used throughout literature for a variety of purposes. It can be used to paint a mental picture of the setting, to portray symbols, or even to relay themes. The authors Ambrose Bierce and Edgar Allan Poe exemplify the use of the same technique, descriptive scenery, to deliver different purposes. In An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce and The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe both use imagery in order to characterize characters and foreshadow events.

    Read More

  • Seven Day Terror Analysis

    662 Words  | 3 Pages

    1. All stories seem to agree that children are chaotic and illogical to the brink of destruction, but ultimately contain the rawest form of humanity. I feel The Seven Day Terror demonstrates the randomness most evidently as Clarence actions are quite random, whilst original tied to some obscure form of logic, what has value to him, it moves quickly away from this as he started taking away houses, cars, and people. Maybe because they also held no value to him or anyone he truly cared about, or maybe because he simply can – because it’s fun. He and Anthony of It’s a Good Life, are both representations of what children do when in possession of power.

    Read More

  • Paper On Revelation

    256 Words  | 2 Pages

    Revelation is of course the last book in the Bible which is a summation of the end times. This is amazing because the book is essentially written pre end time to talk to us about the end time adversities. It is also a reminder more importantly that Jesus is coming back and that we should be ready for his coming. It is a reminder that we don't have time to play around yet we need to show urgency as it relates to sharing the gospel with others. It gives me a sense of hope knowing that we don't have to fight this weary fight for long.

    Read More

  • Similes In A Hanging By George Orwell

    1113 Words  | 5 Pages

    For instance in the very start of his essay he begins by describing the day. He begins by saying, “a sodden morning of the rains. A sickly light, like yellow tinfoil, I was slanting over the high walls into the jail yard.” When you read that passage you get a depressed tone out of it, and what tops it off is that when the weather is like this coincidently someone is going to get hanged. He also shows us again what the tone of his essay is when he sees the prisoner step out of the way of a puddle while he is being led to where he is going to get hanged.

    Read More

  • Alliteration In Wilfred Owen's Anthem For Doomed Youth

    1433 Words  | 6 Pages

    This connects to the theme because they are not treated individually once they die, but treated only as one of the people died, which is forgotten. “And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds” is from fourteenth line in second stanza. Owen ends the poem by giving you the image of weak lights coming through the blinds on twilight. It does not give you any violent, and rough image, but instead calm image of a new day. By using the word

    Read More

More about Analysis Of The Day Of Doom By Michael Wigglesworth

Open Document