The Puritans were a group of people that emigrated from England and settled in North America. They were a highly religious group of people with a variety of literary works. The Puritans had no single voice that represented them, but instead a variety of voices that represent their group. The Puritans and their literary works were the prominent between………….. . Edward Taylor was an incredibly prominent Poet during this time period, writing many different poems and sermons. He was “an orthodox,reactionary, New England Puritan Minister, ably caring for his congregation and vigorously defending the American Federal Theology.” The poetic works of Edward Taylor mostly conform to the same style conventions of other works during the same time period.