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What is God compared to in the poem "Huswifery"?

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In "Huswifery," God is compared to a weaver or cloth maker, using an extended metaphor of spinning and cloth-making to illustrate the divine process of salvation. The speaker asks to be God's "wheel" and "loom," emphasizing a transformation from rough material into a beautiful garment, symbolizing spiritual growth and grace. The poem underscores God's active role in shaping individuals into reflections of divine glory.

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In this poem, an extended metaphor compares God to a weaver, whose "twine" is the material which is used to build the world. God is, then, the origin of all material from which humanity is spun: the speaker begs God to use him as his tool in this regard. In appealing to be used as God's "wheel" and "loom," the poet uses a semantic field of spinning and cloth-making to deepen the metaphor and extend the imagery. Notably, however, he states that God should make the "web" himself—that is, while the speaker is volunteering to be a conduit through which the miracle of God's creation can be performed, he does not suggest that he is anything other than a willing tool here. It is God himself whose "fine" yarn will weave what will eventually become "Holy robes for glory" to be worn by the speaker, an indication that he has become a more understanding, compassionate, and valuable Christian.

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Edward Taylor's poem "Huswifery" compares God's gift of salvation with the act of making cloth.  I suppose that means that God is being compared to a cloth maker.  The comparison involves all parts of making cloth though.  The poem highlights the use of spinning wheels, working a loom, and performing the seamstress's task of making the actual article of clothing.  

What I think is most important about the comparison is that it shows God's process of salvation as active.  The poem is not a deistic approach to God.  The poem highlights how God works in a person to bring him/her from being basic, rough material to a beautiful finished product.  A person goes from being rough cotton, to a beautiful garment that reflects God's glory to all people.  

"Then mine apparell shall display before yee
       That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory."

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