Religion played a big role in early American life. One can understand the significance of religion by reading the early works such as the poems of Edward Taylor. All of Taylor’s works had something to do with religion whether it be a poem that was to be used in church or a personal praise. In Edward Taylor’s “Meditation 8” he uses beautiful imagery to remind himself or tell others of salvation. In the poem the speaker is dealing with a dilemma that many of the readers during Taylor’s time could relate to, which is trying to find salvation. One knows that is what the speaker is looking for because he says, “A Golden path my pencil cannot line, /From that bright Throne unto my Threshold lie” (Taylor 3-4). The rest of the poem deals with how
