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Discussion Board: Anne Bradstreet’s “Prologue” It’s been suggested often that there are at least two voices ¬here, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in contradiction. One of those voices, whom you might call “Mistress Bradstreet,” is the poet-voice who speaks as she ought, in full accord with religious doctrine, public duty, and conventional belief. The other voice, “Anne,” is the woman who loves, grieves, fears, feels pride, and experiences the full range of emotions and curiosities that the teachings of her faith were supposed to put to rest. In the drama of her poems, sometimes one side of her seems to win out and sometimes the other; sometimes a reassuring harmony is reached and sometimes not. Look over Bradstreet’s “Prologue” in Course Content, and ask yourself which of the voices seems to suggest one voice or the other. Question: Do you find any surprises—discontinuities between the voice that seems implicit in the title and the voice or voices that emerge in the actual poem? Submission Method: Click on “Discussion Board” and create a thread: type in or attach the answer. The purpose of this assignment is to be able to voice your thoughts. Grading Rubric Content/Meaning Analysis/Interpretation Development/Completion Grammar/Style Thematic Conclusion Contribution of Learning Community Timeliness/Relevance Submission Method: Click on “Discussion Board” and create a thread: type in or attach the answer. Due Date: Sunday, September 12th, a noon Length: One Full Page