How to Read Metaphysical Love-Poems

Published: Nov. 15, 2020, 12:40 a.m.

Four poems of love and friendship that happen to be written by women, including Anne Bradstreet, the first woman to publish a book of original poems in English; Katherine Philips, \u201cthe matchless Orinda\u201d and poet laureate of friendship; and the unknown \u2018Eliza,\u2019 author of devotional lyrics.