Question

Read the stanza from “Deliverance From Another Sore Fit.” “Thou knowest the sorrows that I felt; My plaints and groans were heard of Thee, And how in sweat I seemed to melt Thou help'st and Thou regardest me.” What does the word regardest suggest about the speaker’s attitude toward God?

Answer 1

From what I understand, Shakespear is in a moment of desperation after a long fight, so he asks god to consider helping him in a respectful manner.

Answer 2

Answer:

The best answer to the question: What does the word regardest suggest about the spaker´s attitude toward God? Would be: The speaker thinks of God as an old friend and a guide, who has been there living with her and helping her through her hardships.

Explanation:

"Deliverance From Another Sore Fit" is one of a series of poems that was written by Anne Bradstreet, an important female English poet and the first Puritan woman whose works were ever published in the colonies. In this particular poem, all throughout, you feel as if the speaker is rather talking directly to God, like narrating to him, or telling him, about her situation and circumstances, but also thanking him for always being there for her, living things with her and supporting her throughout those hardships. In fact, the entire poem seems like a prayer and a conversation that the speaker is having with God. The words, and the ways in which the speaker talks to this God, show that she feels Him as someone really close and important and words used like "regardest" show this closeness and the importance of God to the speaker as a guide and an old friend.