All_Sorts_Of_Men

All Sorts Of Men “All Sorts of Men” Lucy Hutchinson’s poem entitled “All Sorts of Men” is an instructive poem written by a respectable, well-educated woman in the middle of the seventeenth century. The persona that authors this piece is quite similar to the poet herself and may express the same views as she. These views are explicative of the lifestyles present in contemporary society and how they should be modeled. The persona is commendatory of the lifestyle she is promoting in this work. She is also condescending about that which she does not condone yet, her language remains eloquent and not insulting as she expresses her views on the matter. This virtuous characteristic of restraint lends itself to the poet’s presumed personal position as an educated woman who is respectful of her situation in society and the proper way to express her views. The way the poet conveys herself to her audience is also indicative as to the make up of the latter. The persona is a woman and it can be determined by the way she presents herself to her audience as well as the topic of her contention that she is speaking to men from men, life, poet, man, power, wealth, desire, work, sorts, poem, because, author, persona, happiness, way, never, desires, situation, should, one, each, contented, audience, yet, while, views, things, society, purpose, position, poet’s, people, own, make