On Being Brought from Africa to America

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-Phillis Wheatley's poem " On Being Brought from Africa to America"

-Phillis Wheatley's poem" On Imagination"

-Phillis Wheatley's poem " On Virtue"

Questions:

1. After reading the three poems share a gut reactions about the readings.

2. In line 1 of "On Being brought from Africa to America", Phillis Wheatley writes, " Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land"

What is the central idea that the author is trying to portray by using the words "mercy" and "Pagan"?

3. What is the significance of the last two lines of " On being brought from Africa to America? What is the author trying to convey to the audience?

4. What is the importance of Phillis Wheatley writing "On Being Brought from Africa to America" in iambic pentameter, the meter used in traditional English poetry? Keep in mind , Wheatley wrote these poems during a time in which it was widely believed Black people were incapable of intellectual pursuits such as poetry.

5. In " On Virtue" why is Wheatley so enthralled with the ideas of virtue and chastity? Would virtue and chastity have been accessible to her as an enslaved woman? Keeping her enslaved status in mind, does this change the way we read the poem?

6. In "On Imagination", who is the "Imperial queen" mentioned in the first line? What does Wheatley mean by this?

7. What does Winter represent in "On Imagination"? What is the relationship between Winter and Fancy(imagination)?

8. Although many readers interpret "On Being Brought from Africa to America" as satire, it is not. There is nothing in Phillis Wheatley's work to indicate she ever wrote in a satirical manner. That does not, however, mean that Wheatley's writings were not acts of protest and resistance. How can we read all three of these poems as of protest? Where in the poems do we see Wheatley resisting her situation and the world she lives in?

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