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Question 40 • English III

Read the quotation from "The Author to Her Book". "I cast thee by as one unfit for light, Thy Visage was so irksome in my sight; Yet being mine own, at length affection would Thy blemishes amend, if so I could" In this excerpt, Bradstreet uses the word Visage to express the idea that

Answer
A
she felt her writing was perfect to all.
B
she was not happy with her writing’s appearance.
C
her writing had the appearance of a child.
D
her writing was beautiful to look at.

Explanation

“Visage” means face or outward appearance. Bradstreet calls her book’s visage “irksome” to her sight and refers to its “blemishes,” showing that she was dissatisfied with how her writing looked or turned out. Therefore, the correct choice is “she was not happy with her writing’s appearance.”

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