I would never to think to reply to a poem I did not agree with with a poem. This is exactly what Mary Collier did when she did not like what Stephen Duck had to say in one of his poems. Stephen Duck, who lived from 1705 to 1756, wrote the poem The Thresher’s Labour (1730). Mary Collier, who lived from 1688 to 1762, wrote the poem The Woman’s Labour. An Epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck (1739). Both of these poets lived in the eighteenth century, but had very different view concerning how women contributed to the household and exactly how much work women contributed, if any. Duck speaks for the men and, as you guessed, Collier speaks for the women Duck claims do not contribute nearly as much as men at the end of the day. Collier expresses how she