I'm answering a few questions for school on this poem called The Preface and I don't know where to look.

The poem talks about the nothings and I don't know what its talking about.

The poem by Edward Taylor?

Does this give you a clue?

Edward Taylor was born in Leicestershire, England in 1642. He originally worked as a school teacher, but later left England for the United States. He studied divinity at Harvard and then became a minister in Massachusetts.

If not, read the first verses in Genesis 1 in the Bible.