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How Did Phillis Wheatley Influence Protest Poetry

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Phillis Wheatley is another author in American literature who represent two traditions at ones- the black American literatury and the black woman's tradition. In her poems she was using sarcasm and irony as a tool to fight the moral of society and her anti- slavery stance became more powerful for free life. For example, on her poem" On Being Brought from Africa to America" she said " They color is a diabolic dye, Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, May be refined, and join the angelic train". She became well known for her origine as a slave and in the direct way she compare the color with diabolic dye to tell us the people do not mater from the colore they were living to enjoy the Anglican church and belive in the God. To put diabolic dye and join the church in the same train, she showed her intelligence in her writting and she added her attention to deliver her message. The Wheatley has the influence in Harper's poems such an impact of protest poetry with reflects in strong feeling about encouraged the infirmation things written during these times. Harper's poems has a lot of oratory and displays attention to rhetoric question and select her subject very quick and thoughtful as the Wheatley does. …show more content…

The colore in her skin has the darkness of life has and the poverty became joy the death she can brave. The " Eliza Harris " poem is a story of Uncle Tom's Cabin's Eliza Harris on her escape from slavery. The dark colore and negative picture she made for us tell the story in the real life how it was with despair and night settled. On the othe hands, this dark essentially has a effect of positive believe to win in the rights and freedom. She said " But she's free! -yes free from the land where the slave" that recall for a happiness and liberty of slave is coming

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