Since Cotton Mather was a Puritan Minister, he was always against the devil. In the excerpt, he says "Ye monsters
are bubbling deep", "monsters" being the devil or any devious beings.
The connections with the devil are made by him seeing the words deep and monsters. Historically, puritans believe the devil is basically us. "Bubbling"
and "Wag your tails about" may show that they are always present. Anyone and everyone is in harms way.
He uses personification and irony in his little excerpt.
Personification is used when he tells the devil-like beings to "wag your
tails". These are based a purely spiritual beliefs.
Cotton Mather uses irony through the whole excerpt. He is taunting the
beings in a friendly manner when he says "wag your tails". He uses a
calmer and friendlier tone to taunt them to take action, but obviously
he is completely against them.
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