Read the following poem by Anne Bradstreet:

"An Author to Her Book"

"Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain,
Who after birth didst by my side remain,
Till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true,
Who thee abroad, exposed to public view,
Made thee in rags, halting to th' press to trudge,
Where errors were not lessened (all may judge)."

The title of the poem gives an important clue to the meaning of the poem. To what or to whom is the speaker referring?

A. her disappointment with life
B. untrustworthy friends
C. a book she has written
D. an imperfect child