Anne Bradstreet's poem 'The Author to Her Book' uses which literary device to describe her feelings toward her published work?
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Correct answer: An extended metaphor comparing her book to a deformed child
In this conceit, Bradstreet expresses her embarrassment over her 'ill-formed' poetry being published without her consent. She uses the metaphor of a mother trying to wash and dress a ragged child to describe her attempts to revise the text.
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