The Infinites of Matter - Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish was a writing during a time of Englightment, a time where things in their world were changing a bit. Many people were experimenting during this time.

To express and communite, Margaret wrote in a very interesting matter. She used the world "atom" and "atoms" to describe groups of people. Throughout this specific poem, she talks about the world beyond our world. Is there something out there? If so, what exacty is there? Who is there?

"If all the world were a confused heape, what was beyond? for this world is not great:"

She wants to know what is on "the other side" of her world. She doesn't believe the world that she lives in is great enough. There must be something or somebody else out there. She continues with...

"We finde it limit hath, and bound, and like a ball in compasse is made round:"

This is the time period where they are discovering that the world isn't flat but it is round.

"And if that matter, with which the world's made, be infinite, then more worlds may be said; then infinites of worlds may we agree, as well, as infinites of matters bee."

Within these last few lines, Margaret is saying that if there is an infinite amount of matter in our world, then why isn't there more world beyond ours?

Overall, Cavendish is discussing a very new idea during her time of writing this. They didn't know much about what was beyond their world. Who was out there? Where could they find them? Were they the same kind of people? Were they even people? The questions go on and on. It is interesting to read this and compare it to what we are discovering today. We still are wondering the same question. What is really on the other planets? Thats definitely something I'm interested in finding out.