Edward Taylor's Poetry Characters

Edward Taylor's Poetry Character List

The Mote and the Emmet

The two characters are mentioned in the poem "I Go to Prepare a Place for You’’ and they are presented as being ambitious people who aspire to climb the social ladder and better themselves.

The Monarch and the Emperor

The two characters are also mentioned in the poem "I Go to Prepare a Place for You’’ and it represents the two positions the Mote and the Emmet aspire to have.

The narrator in ‘’I Go to Prepare a Place for You’’

The narrator in the poem mentioned above is a religious person, who tries to convince the reader to become wise and give up the earthly pleasures.

The King of Kings

The King of Kings is mentioned in the poem "I Go to Prepare a Place for You’’. He comes from the Heavens, transmitting the idea that it is either Jesus or God. He is presented as being extremely powerful and mighty, making everyone else feel weak and scared.

The sinners

The sinners in the poem "I Go to Prepare a Place for You’’ are presented as being stuck in a loop from which they can’t escape. The sinners are horrible people who will be punished at the end of the world by having their heads chopped off.

The Birds of Paradise

The Bird appears as a character in the poem "I am Living Bread’’. In the second stanza of the poem, the bird is described as the one who was responsible for eating from the forbidden fruit and thus throwing humanity into sin.

The bread

The bread is in the poem "I am Living Bread’’ Jesus Christ who was sent to Earth to give up his life.

The father

The father in the poem "I am Living Bread’’ is God who sends his son on Earth to save humanity. He is seen as someone who works to prepare food from his children and then send it to Earth.

The Angels

The Angles in the poem "I am Living Bread’’ are portrayed as being servants who follow the rules they are given by the Father. The Angles are the one who take down the bread from Heavens.

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